Soft, even, restful light, my ass
The book light, that abomination before God, dates to at least 1930.
The book light, that abomination before God, dates to at least 1930.
Laura Lippman discusses her latest Baltimore crime novel on Leonard Lopate today. (And she appears on The Wire next season!)
A federal court decision involving a coerced 9/11 hijacking confession was redacted, but some legal bloggers got the uncensored version. (Thanks Max & Petra.)
Regular readers will remember that I read all four of Kate Christensen’s novels in a single weekend earlier this year and then raved about them on Talk of the Nation. Later in the summer, she and I agreed to do an interview, but instead became email pals. (We keep threatening to meet in person, since we live all of twelve . . .
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