Quoted: Recent studies confirm what publishing executives have long suspected: Women read more than men. It's not clear why but theories abound, ranging from early childhood development to the differences between the male and female brain.

Great article

Quoted: What's odd is, none of it appears to have made us happier. Throughout the postwar years, even as the gnp curve has steadily climbed, the ...

coool

Quoted: Reinventing the look (even smell) of a book

I just saw Bill Moyers speak last night. He is such a hero of mine, and he was even more articulate and gentlemanly in person than I imagined. He was promoting this new book of his, about the Christian Right and their fatal threat to the environment. Scary but motivating stuff.

Quoted: Amazon.com: Welcome to Doomsday (New York Review Books Collection): Books: Bill Moyers,Bill Mckibben by Bill Moyers,Bill Mckibben

Speaking of books, this is one of the best I've read in a while. Part fictional autobiography, part cook cook, part mystery. The narrator is one of the most hilariously pretentious I've ever encountered. Genius.

Quoted: Amazon.com: The Debt to Pleasure: A Novel: Books: John Lanchester by John Lanchester

Damn. Lots of literary fraud these days, huh? JT Leroy actually gave Matt's brother's boyfriend's book a rave review. I wonder if it still counts. Pam

Quoted: The books published under the name JT Leroy were actually written by a San Francisco woman named Laura Albert.

Shiwani, you are the love of my life