Curiosities: Return to the Monkey House

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In the NYRB, Mark Danner examines the politics of torture, and J.M. Coetzee gets deep inside Samuel Beckett’s head.
James Wood finger-drumming on YouTube is just the most weirdly hypnotic thing we’ve ever seen.
Typewriter-part art. (via The Rumpus)
A new front runner in the coolest bookshelf contest. Think of it – geographic classification! (for American lit only)
“Geoff Dyer book unlikely to win Bad Sex Award“
Jane Austen got rejection letters too.
Wow. A new Kurt Vonnegut collection is on the way. Amazon has it listed.
A glimmer of good news in the newspaper business?
Audrey Niffenegger is having a pretty good recession.
Further Reading: Kevin’s list of families and fiction has garnered many additions from readers in the comments.

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