Charlottesville Words

• The view from here: Preditors & Editors Interview Part 2 of 2
  “Typically, P&E and I get threats that we’ll be sued, that my books will be burned or that I’ll never be published again after I’m reported to my publisher, that I’ll be reported to the government…and so forth.”
• Penguin Design Award
• The Austin Chronicle: Books: Why’s Everybody Always Picking On Him?: David Sedaris on nitpicky fact-checkers and spiders’ thighs
  I take a story, put it on a scale, and say, “OK, if this is 96 percent true, that’s an acceptable ratio for ground beef, and it’s more than acceptable for heroin and cocaine, so I’m going to call it nonfiction.”
• Video: On the Waterboard: vanityfair.com
  Christopher Hitchens submits to waterboarding. Is it torture? He’s convinced.
• The Book Design Review
  Thoughts on book design.
• STLWorkingMom » Summer Reading List
  “Disclaimer: This list is not for the faint of heart or wily-nily, namby pamby readers; nope, this is for the hard-core, plow through a novel in two days types. Yeah, the two of you reading this blog. You guys.”

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