- Poppy Brite lists a bunch of worthy charities helping Hurricane Katrina victims that you may not have heard about.
- Glen Hirshberg on show don’t tell. (I’ll bet he’s an excellent teacher.)
- Jenny D raves about Dope by Sara Gran.
- The Antigeist has a classic post on the origin of the cool aunt/uncle.
- The new Richard and Judy list is out — nothing as exciting as last year’s inclusion of The Jane Austen Book Club (to me, anyway), but Geraldine Brooks’ March made it, and Karen recently recommended that in the WaPo end of year list, so, there’s at least that. (Via Matilda.)