Recently I remembered a compilation of my granny’s (pictured) sayings that appeared online in 2003 on a site that’s since gone to internet heaven. I managed to dig up the list, so here are the “Favorite Expressions of My Deceased (and Beloved) Texan Grandmother, with Explanations”: 1. He looked at me like a calf at a new gate. Translation: “Even . . .
When the economy goes south people visit the library more; it is a fact of the profession. They check out materials to save money, take classes to get new skills, and pay more attention to our free cultural events. Some children’s librarians I know have seen a definite uptick in “drop offs,” where children are left alone in the library . . .
Novelist David Francis wonders whether a literary writer should be open to a publisher’s or agent’s nudges toward a more commercial genre or style.
Stanley Fish reviews Terry Eagleton’s Reason, Faith and Revolution, calling it “witty, scabrous, and angry,” and citing Luke 6:39.
Novelist Mark Fitten is visiting 100 indie bookstores, & writing about what makes each unique, while touring for Valeria’s Last Stand.