An ABC Escapade through Egypt An ABC book for all ages! Discover some of the many wonders of Egypt on this alphabetical escapade foodslike mangoes and konafa, animals such as foxes and jerboas, and places like the Red Sea and Zamalek. At each letter of the alphabet, stop to explore fun alliterative phrases, colorful photographs, and interesting facts. Read through the letters in order, or flip thr...

A bitter feud dividing the Oxford poetry scene has spawned an anonymous poem, reportedly written by a "very high-profile poet;" it is entitled, "Smear." Recently Nobel laureate Derek Walcott (pictured) dropped out of the race to become Oxford's next professor of poetry after a spate of anonymous letters raised questions about his past. A few weeks later, Ruth Padel also withdrew her nominatio...

On June 18, PBA Galleries is holding a Fine Literature sale, which includes a very revealing archive of correspondence between the science fiction author Philip K. Dick and his “Dark Haired Girl.” The collection of letters, written from the legendary author to the young Linda Levy, with whom he had an intense and short-lived affair,

Welcome . . . With Wrath: Book Three (Paperback) By the late 1960's... The challenge that invigorated early attitudes, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", seemed to have been long forgotten. Letters from Nam, returning soldiers, and a war that appeared to have no end, had shifted public opinion. "Hell No! We Won't Go!" was the reply by the end of the d...

If the 1930s were the Mitfords' heyday, the Noughties have been the equivalent for their devotees. Biographies, letters, anthologies: the past few years have brought masses of new material, coming to a head with last year's excellent collected letters between the six sisters. But if the war brought a decisive end to the gaiety of Nancy, Diana et al, there seems to be no end in sight to t...

- The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (Sandpiper, 2009). Amazon. Already read this one, and it's on the list to review this weekend. - The Letters of the Republic: Publication and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century America by Michael Warner (Harvard University Press, 1992). Amazon.

This from the excellent George Steiner at the New Yorker: "The sadness of the whole affairs goes well beyond the particular case [Barth's Letters]. It involves the current climate of "big time" publishing - the hunt, at once arrogant and spineless, for the "blockbuster." It engages the avsence of an authoritative body of reviewing, especially of

Okay, so I have plenty of books for my mini-challenge, so I figure I will just post what I have now! Since I write letters for the Dewey challenge, I will just include my Once Upon a Time challenge books. They are: Marked: A House of Night Novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast (Book 1) Pay the Piper: A Rock 'N' Roll Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple (Book 1) Playing With Fire by De...

Two scholar books with references to Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë: Writing Lives Literary Biography Midge Gillies Cambridge University Press Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature Paperback ISBN-13: 9780521732314 Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Writing Lives takes as its focus life writing, both autobiography and biography, discussing th...

In 2006 Derwent May, a writer and reviewer for the London Times, named a "critic's chart" of top books of exchanges of letters.One book on his list:HOCKNEY’S PICTURESA spectacular collection of David Hockney’s many paintings and drawings.Read about another book to make the chart.--Marshal Zeringue