Not only did David Sedaris include one of Jean Thompson’s short stories in his anthology of personal favorites, he was so smitten with her first collection that he sold copies on his own book tour. Proselytizing feels effortless when you love a work of fiction. But at least as often, writers are asked to blurb things they’re not wild about . . .
Terry reports that Quartet (the source of that Maugham audio clip) is showing tonight on TCM with the other Maugham anthology films.
Two friends founded a press “to publish one single book, the one that they loved the most, and to share their love for it with all other Italian readers.” (Via.)
Dale Peck, who is wrongly accused of not liking anything, praises Calvin Baker’s Dominion in New York‘s list of “the best novels you’ve never read.”
Barbara Holland wrote The Joy of Drinking to counter the rise of exercise, bottled water, and other joy-killers. (Via.)