A certain C. Max Magee can be found in the latest Poets and Writers, examining the efforts of publishers to attract Chinese literary talent.

The latest Harry Potter book will be called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. How long did it take for them to whip this up? Three minutes? “Hallow” is more commonly used as a verb and the juxtaposition of “death” before “hallows” suggests that any mass killing of major characters (as suggested in other reports) will be less than reverential.

Gelf Magazine: “Ryan, 32, has been collecting sports cards since the 1980s, but he got serious in 2002 when he came across a Bill Ripken card on eBay that was slightly different from the most-famous version. Bill, never nearly as popular or as good a player as his older brother Cal, garnered notoriety in 1989 when a Fleer card was issued with him holding a bat, the bottom of which clearly reads, ‘Fuck Face.'” (via Rachel)

Bookdwarf gets a makeover and Carrie has returned!

(via Warren Ellis)