Notes and Asides

Apparently, the times aren’t a-changing as much as we’d like: it’s Banned Books Week, and the ALA (among other sponsoring groups) has a handy list of a few of the books banned in 2012-13.
One of the worst parts of novel-writing (so I’m told) is summarizing what you’ve labored to say at length. Here’s writer Askold Melnyczuk on the task.
October is National Reading Group Months (good news for those of us with literary wives or dragon sex on the horizon); here’s another handy list of recommended books (including Louise Erdrich’s superb The Round House, which I wrote about early in the summer).

2 thoughts on “Notes and Asides”

For some reason I’m quite excited that it’s Banned Books Week, though nothing on my current reading list has been banned 😉 Thanks for the links! I’m going to be posting this week (I hope) on Americanah, which is on the list for the reading groups recommendations. I will check out your post for The Round House, which I would like to read when I get the chance.