EDITORIALS
Behind the Words at BiblioBuffet
It's a blog. Not just any blog, but one in which you can share some of the goings-on behind each week's issue.
From the Editor's Desk: Lauren Roberts
If you are or were the type to cut out articles from newspapers and magazines to put into books then you and Lauren have a lot in common.
COLUMNS
A Reading Life: Nicki Leone
Southern heat and Southern food are inevitable companions in the summer, and Nicki is facing both as she ponders an array of garden-fresh produce and her own inclination for baking. What helps are cookbooks, especially those that teach “how to cook in the summer heat.”
BibliOpinions: Guests
One of the largest library fundraising book sales in the country begins in Chicago this week, and Book Fair Manager Dan Crawford takes a break from the boxes, bags, cartons, and sacks of books to share his experience of it.
Book Brunch: Lev Raphael
Lev’s “Summer of Shakespeare” continues with his review of Contested Will and an interview with its author James Shapiro, the witty Shakespeare scholar who explores in depth the sometimes wacky history of Shakespeare Denial and the historical reasons for its tenacity.
Bookish Dreaming: Gillian Polack
For Gillian, it’s the past— “a half-remembered history, fading and elusive and evocative”—that is one of her favorite aspects of fantasy writing. Indeed, she found that a certain type of nostalgia exists in all the books on her to-be-reviewed shelf possess that key element.
Literary Amusements
Wise, witty and sardonic quotes about books and reading.
Memoirama: Lindsay Champion
When a chimpanzee researcher is invited to a sanctuary in the Congo to study bonobos, her first reaction is not “great” but “what?” Lindsay finds in her memoir a surprisingly powerful story of both animal and culture.
On Marking Books: Laine Farley & Lauren Roberts
A corn hybrid bookmark, one of the smallest Lauren owns, was actually attached to the booklet it is meant to accompany, an advertising tribute to a man responsible for what we are setting on our barbecue grills this weekend.
The Athletic Supporter: Pete Croatto
Local sports columnists were once the reader’s link to the sporting world. But the Internet changed that sufficiently, says Pete, that many “talented, versatile writers who represent a city’s voice in the sporting world” are mostly gone. What happened?
Things Said and Done: David G. Mitchell
For David a re-issued novel about men “caught in a conflict that was far greater than any one of them . . . and of the suffering” was both oppressive and joyful, an unusual mix of emotions to characterize an extraordinary novel.
Writer-in-Residence: Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Was the “Golden Age” always “back then”? It depends on what you like says Lauren, who takes a ride back into time through beloved books. Does she find that things might have been better? Travel with her and find out for yourself.
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BOOKS & MORE BOOKS
Book Donations
We researched the various organizations that work to get books into the hands of those who need and want them but cannot otherwise afford them and came up with these recommended places.
Book Festivals, U.S.
Alabama - Florida
Georgia - North Dakota
Ohio - Wyoming
Book Festivals, World
Africa - England
France - Wales
Bookmark Blogs & Sites
If you love bookmarks as much as we do, you’ll love these sites that talk about and sell bookmarks!
Book-Related Blogs
We go on searches to find what we think are the best of today's literary blogs, the ones worth reading. And these are among them.
Book-Related Sites
Belly up to this bibliophile snack bar and dig in because these literary websites are delicious and satisfying.
Literary Humor & Games
You like humor. We like humor So add a smile to your day with these fun places that will certainly make your day a little brighter.
Places We Like
There are so many great sites on the Internet that have nothing to do with books. And we think you ought to know about these.
Shopping for Booklovers
Oooh, shopping! Use this page to find reading- and book-related gifts for yourself and others.
Writers' Resources
Not all readers are writers, but it is certain that all (good) writers are readers. For those who are, check out these sites about the art and business of writing.
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