The Guardian’s excellent World Literature Tour goes to Czechoslovakia, after stops in Poland and Finland, and there’re signs that they’ll actually be getting out of Europe soon.

 

Another angry sound-off on Google’s scheme to make copyrighted books searchable.

 

Jamaica Kincaid profiled in the Yale student newspaper.

 

Malcom Gladwell has a blog now (Via The Millions).

 

Kurt Vonnegut profiled in The Age (“I’m 83 years old, for Chrissake”).

 

Angry, protective mother goes hand-to-hand with polar bear and wins (Via Mr. Sun). Okay, I just threw that one in to see if you were awake.