Articles by Editor
March 18, 2009
The Millions’ Collaborative Atlas of Book Stores and Literary Places 47
Update: Because Google’s tools for maintaining this map are limited, and because the map was getting frequent spammy and irrelevant edits, we’ve closed the editing feature on the map for now. In the meantime, the map includes plenty of stores and places to check out. Hopefully we’ll be able to allow people to add to [...]
March 15, 2009
Curiosities: Thug, Libidinal, Linoleum, Limn 0
The Tournament of Books rolls along with a few first round upsets (Congratulations, Sarvas!), but the highlight thus far might be a glimpse of Junot Díaz’s one-of-kind victor’s shirt from last year. Meanwhile, Stop Smiling offers up a Díaz interview. John Leonard’s son compiles a concordance to his father’s vigorous criticism, in which “thug,” “libidinal,” [...]
March 10, 2009
Staff Picks: Morrison, Marcom, Lethem, Frankfurt, Binelli, Seidel 2
The “staff picks” shelf in any good independent bookstore is a treasure trove of book recommendations. Unmoored from media hype and even timeliness, these books are championed by trusted fellow readers. With many former (and current) booksellers in our ranks, we offer our own “Staff Picks” in a feature appearing irregularly. A Mercy by Toni [...]
March 7, 2009
Curiosities: Hamsters in Jackets 0
Book lists galore: The Believer announces its annual book award winner, along with the always eclectic reader survey results; Forty of Nick Hornby’s favorite books – he thinks you’ll like at least a few; You may not be able to register for Zadie Smith’s fiction seminar, but you can read the same books. Rushdie considers [...]
March 5, 2009
The Millions Conversation: M.T. Anderson’s Octavian Nothing (Part Three) 5
This winter, Millions contributors Emily Colette Wilkinson and Garth Risk Hallberg both happened to pick up the M.T. Anderson’s The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. Via email, we conducted a bicoastal conversation about Octavian Nothing, Volume I: The Pox Party, which we’re sharing with you this week in three installments. Part [...]
March 4, 2009
The Millions Conversation: M.T. Anderson’s Octavian Nothing (Part Two) 0
This winter, Millions contributors Emily Colette Wilkinson and Garth Risk Hallberg both happened to pick up the M.T. Anderson’s The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. Via email, we conducted a bicoastal conversation about Octavian Nothing, Volume I: The Pox Party, which we’re sharing with you this week in three installments. Part [...]
