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>Because many literary magazines do not pay contributors, or pay very little, compensation (other than the cosmic variety) may only come in the form…

>The latest Bat Segundo Shows (#81 and #82) are live: podcast interviews with Edward P. Jones and Mary Gaitskill.

> The December 2006 issue of Boldtype is up, with some great new reviews and a roundup of book happenings for the year.

>The NYT has come up with a list of the 10 best books of 2006. I’m happy to see both Claire Messud and Amy…

>What birthday gift do you buy for the man who has too many books, especially when that man is you? More books, of course….

>Check out the latest installment of Gail Konop Baker‘s column, Bare-breasted Mama, at Literary Mama.

>My friend Shelley Houlihan’s Acorns is in 55 Words. (If you can’t plug your friends’ work, what good is a blog?)

>Football. I wasn’t able to watch the UM/OSU game yesterday because I don’t get ABC, but since ESPN was running constant updates I did…

>The Fall 2006 issue of Blackbird is now live and it includes (!) a newly discovered poem by Sylvia Plath.

>The November 2006 issue of Peace Corps Writers is up, filled as usual with interesting information about new work from Peace Corps writers.