From The New York Observer, Gillian Reagan on how his book deal ruined his life: Taxes, weight gain, depression, loneliness—book advances are like lottery payoffs; and for four days, booksellers, book lovers, book publishers and book grabbers descended on New York to... what? Meet God, check out wildlife, spy shrunken heads and otherwise distract themselves from their struggling industry. A look at how right-wing publishing struggles to find its political voice. Without credential except a high school diploma and courage, Cindy Brown Austin became a byline known to many readers. One of the the week's best invented words: "Foxymoron".

From PopMatters, a review of At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches by Susan Sontag. A review of The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates. Oprah Winfrey got Pulitzer Prize-winning

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