Quote de jour

"Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that readers are going to bring their own stuff into it."
~David Sedaris

One of my favorite humorists is David Sedaris, and his latest foray into quirkyville is Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk a collection of allegorical stories narrated by and about animal characters. These very darkly funny stories (in a pint-sized book) is a departure from his usual neurotic absurdist fare.



From the absurd to the sublime is Great House, a novel by Nicole Krauss with richly deserved acclaim. The theme is about loss with a four narrators linked in some way to large, old and stolen writing desk.



I can't think of a more perfect cover for Parisians: An Adventure of Paris than these vintage photographs. Graham Robb weaves nineteen strange-but-true stories from the city of light's past two hundred years.



This week's montage of magazines is a safe mix of primary colors. Nothing really pops except the face of John Lennon from the riveting article in Rolling Stone Magazine. Imagine: three days before he was killed, he spent nine hours with journalist for a planned cover story for Rolling Stone. History happened and the story was shelved until now.