I’m excited to meet my fellow contributors at Coudal’s Field-Tested Books rooftop reading tonight. Things get underway at 7, at The Delancey. Last I heard, this was the tentative schedule (below), so if you’re only coming out for Ben Greenman or Michael Bierut, or to see a friend, you’ll want to plan accordingly. (Don’t let the longish roster put you . . .
Shirley Jackson: “People at first were not so much concerned with what the story meant [as] where these lotteries were held.”
National Catholic Reporter talks with Chris Adrian, whose A Better Angel is out next month. (Sample it here and here.)
My Morning Jacket’s mildly bookish new song, “Librarian,” is Dwight Garner’s summer of 2008 anthem.
In case it’s not self-evident, we’re keeping summer hours, when we’re keeping hours at all. The Smart Set is on vacation till Labor Day, and I’m trying to see visiting friends, stay on top of the day job, and meet a slew of freelance deadlines while in the midst of some incredibly banal and incredibly time-consuming travails. I’ll post as . . .