- Laura Miller and Maud Newton are combining forces at The Chimerist. Color me intrigued.
- The stories behind the animal logos for various publishers. (Love. Via Sarah Weinman.)
- Charles Tan interviews Delia Sherman about The Freedom Maze: "Now I come to think about it, probably one of the main reasons I needed to write this book was because I’ve never been comfortable with talking about politics. I think the arguments of racism are stupid and short-sighted, that the justifications of the prejudiced are irrational, that oppression of any kind rots the souls of the oppressors, and that people are much stronger when they work together than when they work against each other. But I don’t often say so, not in so many words. I don’t actually say any of that in The Freedom Maze. But I try to show it in every way I could think of."
- Sherman Alexie and Neko Case talking in The Believer. So much fabulous.
- An interesting post from Jordyn at Ten Cent Notes about book appeal, aka what makes her pick something up. I always find such discussions fascinating.
- Writing rules from various luminaries–Henry Miller's are far more charming than I expected.
- A look at Myrna Loy's career.