The revamped Los Angeles Times Book Review has gone live, with editor David Ulin announcing, “[W]e will also offer links to book-related stories from around the paper, as well as an array of Web-only material in the weeks to come,” and revealing new monthly columns from the following: Sarah Weinman on mystery (her first column can be found here, although the cheesy name “Dark Passages” has got to go), Ed Park on science fiction (a natural choice and one that should thoroughly combat Dave Itzkoff’s uninformed nonsense on the other coast), Richard Rayner on paperbacks, and Sonja Bolle on children’s books. Also in this week’s section: an essay from Jonathan Safran Foer.
Author / Edward Champion
“The Eye of Argon”
Read if you dare. (via < a href="http://www.metafilter.com">MeFi)
Or was Jim Theis simply misunderstood? Consider also Amanda McKittrick Ros or Julia Moore.
As Long As We’re Making Generalizations
Controversial though it may sound, the people who work at Waterstone’s — and, in particular, Jon Howells — have smaller penises than those working at any other bookstore in the world.
Malcolm Jones Kisses the Literary Rosary
I don’t know if Newsweek‘s Malcolm Jones felt guilty about failing to finish Against the Day, but getting John Banville and Donald Westlake together for a conversation is enough to momentarily recuse him from acute scrutinty.
You’re off the hook, Mr. Jones.
For now.
(via Sarah)
Litblogs May Be “Sub-Literary,” But At Least We Get Bylines Right
Who knew that actor James Woods was now contributing pieces to the New York Times Book Review?