>Bookstore Balkanization

>The bookstore I spend most of my time in, a niche Indie called Sacred Circle (its focus is religion and spirituality, but it also…

>Declaration of Independents

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>And the winner is . . .

>Visitor number 100,000 stopped by this evening at 10:51pm from Lakeland, Florida. There’s no prize but my deepest gratitude.

>New Issue: The Short Review

>There is a new issue of The Short Review, which includes a review of Mary Akers‘s Women Up on Blocks and an interview with…

>New Pages

>I’ve often referred to NewPages.com on this blog because it is exceedingly useful to writers and readers. But I’ve just been browsing there and…

>New Blu

>Issue #2 of Blu Magazine, the Shenandoah Valley’s Free Monthly, is popping up around the area. It looks great, and I’m not just saying…

>Newsweek’s Meta-list: The Top 100 Books

>Lots of talk in literary circles this week about the current Newsweek issue. Here’s one part of it: Newsweek’s Top 100 Books. How many…

>Forthcoming Books

>The Millions highlights some highly anticipated books coming out in the second half of this year in Most Anticipated: Rounding Out 2009 — An…

>100,000

>At some point in the next couple of days, this blog will have its 100,000th hit since . . . a few years ago….

>New Issue: Hobart July ’09

>The new print Hobart (#10) is on its way, I’m told, and the new online issue is up: Hobart for your reading pleasure.