tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101782792009-11-23T21:41:40.778-05:00Proof there is still life after one retires as a newspaper book-review editor. Support to the debonair Mr. Wilson is provided by Katie, John Brumfield, Elizabeth Fox, and Jesse Freedman. (The incomparably generous and always consistent Superior, Wisconsin OWL, Dave Lull, provides BITE with a vast array of lovely links we may never otherwise see.)<br>ONE-HUNDRED BEST BLOGS 2009, <i>The Sunday Times</i>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-76293548635176637262009-11-23T21:00:00.000-05:002009-11-23T21:00:00.788-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 102, 0); line-height: 25px; "><a href="http://nigeness.blogspot.com/2009/11/paul-celan.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Paul Celan</span></b></span></a><a href="http://nigeness.blogspot.com/2009/11/paul-celan.html" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-7629354863517663726?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-80537111217744851372009-11-23T19:00:00.007-05:002009-11-23T19:00:02.124-05:00... a short story: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 28px; "><a href="http://ghostofelberry.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/walking/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b>Walking</b></span></span></span></a><a href="http://ghostofelberry.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/walking/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b>.</b></span></span></span></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-8053711121774485137?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-17008839525518298602009-11-23T19:00:00.006-05:002009-11-23T19:00:02.479-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><a href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/faith/2009/11/competition-can-you-tweet-darwin.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Competition: Can you tweet Darwin?</span></b></span></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-1700883952551829860?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-72393444921113543262009-11-23T19:00:00.005-05:002009-11-23T19:00:01.656-05:00...<a href="http://www.markvernon.com/friendshiponline/dotclear/index.php?post/2009/11/21/The-kids-that-show-the-flaw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"> </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.markvernon.com/friendshiponline/dotclear/index.php?post/2009/11/21/The-kids-that-show-the-flaw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The kids that reveal the flaw</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-7239344492111354326?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-27910589065481554122009-11-23T19:00:00.004-05:002009-11-23T19:00:00.569-05:00... ans unpretentious: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(148, 15, 4); line-height: 25px; font-family:Times, serif;font-size:18px;"><a href="http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2009/11/jericho-brown-please.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jericho Brown: PLEASE</span></b></span></a><a href="http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2009/11/jericho-brown-please.html" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; ">.</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-2791058906548155412?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-90883285226895821242009-11-23T19:00:00.001-05:002009-11-23T19:00:01.320-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; line-height: 33px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/6614811/Philip-Larkins-love-for-mother-and-father-shown-in-letters.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Philip Larkin's love for mother and father shown in letters</span></a>.</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-9088328522689582124?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-39678008812095662542009-11-23T19:00:00.000-05:002009-11-23T19:00:02.963-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(204, 102, 0); line-height: 25px; "><a href="http://timesflowstemmed.blogspot.com/2009/11/dirda-on-laura.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>Dirda on Laura</b></span></a><a href="http://timesflowstemmed.blogspot.com/2009/11/dirda-on-laura.html" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; ">.</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-3967800881209566254?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-8684120605586297552009-11-23T14:38:00.000-05:002009-11-23T14:39:26.642-05:00New scholarship on <a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=408802&amp;sectioncode=26">Lady Jane Grey</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-868412060558629755?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jesse Freedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626277740665307336noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-86821434773423814422009-11-23T14:00:00.000-05:002009-11-23T14:00:02.220-05:00... <a href="http://www.phillybookgeek.com/"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Local Area Events</strong></span></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-8682143477342381442?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-12423964200735774332009-11-23T13:00:00.006-05:002009-11-23T13:05:59.498-05:00... <a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/quickstudy/2009/11/oprah_studies.html">Oprah Studies Considered as a Historical Discipline</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-1242396420073577433?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-81078162925056213592009-11-23T13:00:00.005-05:002009-11-23T13:00:01.093-05:00... than memory: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-caw-off-the-shelf22-2009nov22,0,366900.story"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Maud Newton's life - a novel, not a memoir</strong></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-8107816292505621359?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-72172875556401423352009-11-23T13:00:00.004-05:002009-11-23T13:00:02.412-05:00... <a href="http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=viewThis&amp;etMailToID=205139437"><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>Words and swords</strong></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-7217287555640142335?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-78787052986355832102009-11-23T13:00:00.002-05:002009-11-23T13:00:00.087-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://kenyonreview.org/blog/?p=6512"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Do You Like Boats?</span></span></span></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-7878705298635583210?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-2008671435050102382009-11-23T13:00:00.001-05:002009-11-23T13:00:00.804-05:00... that was Fitzgerald's appraisal of himself: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://brandywinebooks.net/?post_id=3212">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a>.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-200867143505010238?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-57968596667192843802009-11-23T13:00:00.000-05:002009-11-23T13:00:00.515-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(25, 25, 25); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 17px; line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://danpritch.blogspot.com/2009/11/e-book-sage.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">An e-Book Sage</span></span></a></span>.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-5796859666719284380?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1092495949386116622009-11-23T09:00:00.005-05:002009-11-23T09:00:00.509-05:00... as long as they behave:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://ivebeenreadinglately.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-have-been-sure-way-to-invite.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b> </b></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://ivebeenreadinglately.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-have-been-sure-way-to-invite.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>"It would have been a sure way to invite demons to the party," or, Subtle connections</b></span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://ivebeenreadinglately.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-have-been-sure-way-to-invite.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>.</b></span></a></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-109249594938611662?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-12057750335509835842009-11-23T09:00:00.004-05:002009-11-23T09:00:05.413-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 27px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/"><b>Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend.</b></a></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-1205775033550983584?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-10935041194060215582009-11-23T09:00:00.003-05:002009-11-23T09:00:11.105-05:00...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://curmudgeonjoy.blogspot.com/2009/11/question.html" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>A Question</b></span></span></a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-1093504119406021558?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-39789211432144190592009-11-23T09:00:00.002-05:002009-11-23T09:00:09.472-05:00... <a href="http://thesecondpass.com/?p=3692"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">“Simple man, simple needs.”</span></b></span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-3978921143214419059?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-25968728665523490202009-11-23T09:00:00.001-05:002009-11-23T09:00:01.555-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 25px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://timesflowstemmed.blogspot.com/2009/11/jane-austen-documentary.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>Jane Austen Documentary</b></span></a></span></span> and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(204, 102, 0); line-height: 25px; "><a href="http://timesflowstemmed.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-york-jane-austen-exhibition.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>New York: Jane Austen Exhibition</b></span></a><a href="http://timesflowstemmed.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-york-jane-austen-exhibition.html" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal; ">.</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-2596872866552349020?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-35823612445326603832009-11-23T09:00:00.000-05:002009-11-23T09:00:00.901-05:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; "></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; ">Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i>- Paul Celan</i>, born on this date in 1920</span></span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-3582361244532660383?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-67206863275984127022009-11-22T22:00:00.000-05:002009-11-22T22:00:00.419-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 6px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 6px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091122/D9C4Q4T00.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks</b></span></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 6px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 6px; ">.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-6720686327598412702?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-21144738528410831062009-11-22T19:00:00.006-05:002009-11-22T19:00:02.584-05:00... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(228, 121, 17); font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/11/go-ahead-judge-the-best-book-covers-of-2009.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Go Ahead, Judge: The Best Book Covers of 2009</span></a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-2114473852841083106?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-5315073302412057462009-11-22T19:00:00.005-05:002009-11-22T19:00:00.680-05:00... discovers <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(84, 84, 84); line-height: 28px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://ghostofelberry.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/kafka-by-wodehouse/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><b>Kafka, by Wodehouse</b></span></span></a></span>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-531507330241205746?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-88644381158331243742009-11-22T19:00:00.004-05:002009-11-22T19:00:01.255-05:00... Terry Teachout's <a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2009/11/tt_almanac_1561.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;"><b>Almanac</b></span></a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10178279-8864438115833124374?l=booksinq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.com0