• I’m not dead. / ‘Ere, he says he’s not dead. / Yes, he is. / I’m not. (via Jeff, who also finds this news quite startling)
• Brief speculation on why Paul Muldoon’s appointment as New Yorker editor received barely a trickle outside of poets. (via Ron Silliman)
• The excellent Western blog Saddlebums reports that the next “big Western release is upon us.” Alas, it’s receiving a limited release.
• It seems a no brainer, but girlie covers are putting some boys off books. Personally, I’d like to see a few “girly” books with macho covers thrown into the marketplace as an experiment. Imagine a Jennifer Weiner book with Vin Diesel and an exploding tower on the cover. Maybe this is what it might take to change some perceptions.
• More court fighting over Winnie the Pooh, with Disney prevailing. (via Persona Non Data)
• How Jane Jacobs became famous for the wrong reasons.
• I’m sorry, New York Magazine, but this is truly an infograph for wussy Park Slopers frightened of dipping more than one toe into the Atlantic. Grow a pair, why don’t you?
• How to fellate Michael Krasny.
• Some interesting thoughts on what blogging now means.
• A few real-life plot twists of famous authors.
• Why not to steal images.
• Length Errol Morris post about two different versions of a Roger Fenton photo. (via Jenny D)
• Lose weight now!
• Josh Getlin reports on what the NYT trade paperbacks list means.
• Roger Ebert has been named the nation’s most influential pundit.
• 14 Down: Propose by newspaper crossword?
• How far would you go for the right book title?
• Last night, I attended a very important meeting and will write about it very soon.

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