Three leaders of the women’s rights movement in Haiti–Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan–died in last week’s earthquake. Read the story here. Merlet, who fled Haiti in the 70s and returned in teh 80s, described the challenges facing women in her homeland in an essay for the anthology Walking on Fire: Haitian Women’s [...]
I still love the brick-and-mortar stores, especially in the Bay Area, where we’re blessed with amazing independents. Personal preference aside, however, I do believe that, in the next couple of years, e-books will take over a huge share of the market.
One thing paperbacks currently have going for them in the book vs. Kindle debate [...]
I just saw the cover for the German translation of No One You Know, which will be published by Diana (Random House Germany) in June. I think it coincides nicely with the German edition of The Year of Fog. I love it when covers of books by the same author have a certain continuity, as [...]
..that Rainn Wilson, the guy who plays Dwight Shrute on The Office, has a smart, funny blog
…that a parking garage could look so mod, courtesy of photographer Jenna Brown (No Room for Necklaces) in Charleston
…that I should have saved this wine for a night when I wasn’t home alone with my kid, reading dinosaur pop-up [...]
