Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Nathaniel Mackey, Splay Anthern

In lieu of the monthly newsletter, I’m relying upon my inside source, who is providing me with the National Book Award winners as they happen.

So far, M.T. Anderson has won the Young People’s Literature Award for The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party.

The Internet is 1% porn.

AV Club: “Well, I haven’t really done much of anything today. I got up at 10:30, tried to do a little writing, but really didn’t do anything. I went running, then I had to buy a Syd Barrett Pink Floyd record for something I’m working on, so I walked to the store and bought that. Then I came back here and I’ve been watching an NFL Films documentary on Lawrence Taylor. That’s basically been my day. Not too strenuous.”