What was I just talking about? Oh, yes, the pandemic and books. Listen, last week we had a wicked plumbing disaster and I had to go to Home Depot in the burbs to rent some equipment and I was the only person in the store wearing a mask. People were looking at me like I was the problem. Increasingly I am beginning to suspect humanity is dividing into (at least) two separate species. I’m happy with the one I’m in, though I fear we are vastly outnumbered. Now pass me that bong.
- Are print sales bouncing back already? Shh. Don’t scare them off;
- Writers form Pandemic University;
- LA Times Book Prize winners announced (I feel sorry for everyone who is missing their once yearly shot at a gala dinner and free drinks);
- Int’l Booker Prize postponed;
- Books beat video games in downtime poll;
- What to read when your attention span is shot (ie, on 4/20);
- As someone who is currently finishing book one of a fantasy trilogy, I can tell you that the spread of cover art in this set of recommendations sets my blood running cold;
- Bookninja fav Dennis Lee takes Proust Questionnaire;
- Is it time to redesign the academic calendar to pandemic proof it?;
- There are two schools of thought on writing about major events: sit-on-it-for-a-decade or just-throw-it-out-there-as-a-record… Carol Ann Duffy subscribes to the latter;
- There’s a #booksareessential hashtag push on Twitter, if you do that sort of thing:
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