Books you can't wait for!

Kirkus Reviews just released their Fall/Winter 2006 preview issue online. Jonathan Franzen has a new non-fiction work coming out in September, humorist/travel writer Bill Bryson is releasing a new collection in October, and Neil Gaiman has a new collection of "hard-to-pin-down-in-any-genre" short stories arriving on bookshelves in September. For those crisp, cool fall days when all you want to do is curl up in front of a fire with a good book...

Epileptic, by David B

"Hailed by The Comics Journal as one of Europe's most important and innovative comics artists, David B. has created a masterpiece in Epileptic, his stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother. Epileptic gathers together and makes available in English for the first time all six volumes of the internationally acclaimed graphic work." Powell's Daily Dose reviews David B.'s Epileptic, an autobiographical graphic novel about the author's life growing up with his epileptic younger brother. Add this to the growing list of graphic novels on my "To Read" list before the fall semester starts...

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Are you looking for yet another way to share your book love? I Love Books is a forum where you can share your book love with others. Topics recently posted include: Fictional Characters as Fictional Characters in Other Books, william faulkner wrote a book of mystery stories and i am surprised no one told me this. , and my personal favorite, Should I get rid of my books? (which my husband seems to think the answer is, Yes).

comics news

Here's some information you normally don't see when you are reading about comic book publishers:
"...But it’s a surprise to find that all this success has emerged as an interesting catalyst for Vertigo, which finds itself going through yet another evolution. Berger and her team of editors have recently begun expanding the brand’s literary reach with more stand-alone books far closer to novels than comics, developed by some of the best creators in the business..."
Its the second sentence that caught my eye, "..have recently begun expanding upon the brand's literary reach..." -- this seems at first glance to be a contradiction given comics' rave popularity as popular reading for the masses, not necessarily for those with a bent for literary fiction. I, for one, am glad for it, considering that most comics ARE literature, albeit a different way of telling a story.

New Poet Laureate

The Library of Congress has announced the new National Poet Laureate -- Donald Hall. Mr. Hall will read at the National Book Festival, to be held on the Mall in Washington, D.C., September 30th this year...