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Howl is 50

I enjoy Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation's efforts. Though I'm not a big fan of Allen Ginsberg, I was interested to learn that this month marks the 50th anniversary of the reading of Howl at The Six. Link [http://www.commongroundmag.com/2005/cg3209/howl3209.

Protestant Saints?

One Protestant wants to know why Protestants don't appreciate the saints more--and why Protestants don't produce their own. Link to book review of The Lure of Saints: A Protestant Experience of Catholic Tradition [http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idcategory=31&idSub=113&

Catchphrases

In this morning's New York Times, P.J. O'Rourke takes apart Leslie Savan's Slam Dunks and No-Brainers, a book apparently dedicated to lamenting the use of catchphrases. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/books/review/09orourke.html]. Excerpts: > Savan

The Venerable Newman

I like those quirky historical bites. The Blog from the Core [http://weblog.theviewfromthecore.com/] offers this one: Today is the 160th anniversary of Newman's finishing of An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine. The Core Blog also reproduces the original advertisement from the book. Neat stuff,

Mr. Bill Continues to Get No Respect

> A book to be published this month by a leading academic publisher, with a foreword by Mark Rylance, the artistic director of the Globe, will claim that the greatest plays and verse in the English language were written by Sir Henry Neville (c1562-1615). He was a leading Elizabethan

Muslim Sci-Fi?

There's a web page dedicated to it. Link [http://www.cs.rit.edu/~maa2454/SCIFI/sci_lit.html].

The Used Book Market

A new study has been released. NY Times Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/books/29book.html]. Excerpts: > In barely a decade, online booksellers have grown to account for two-thirds of the market for general-interest used books, a trend that calls into question the future

Book Return: On the Road

The October issue of Touchstone features the second Book Return: Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The writer, Stephen Webb, did a nice job with it. Link [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-08-014-c]. Excerpts: > Americans have always been on the move, but

Book Returns

Touchstone magazine has started a new series: Book Returns. Here's how they describe it in a marketing e-mail they sent last night: > [In Book Returns,] we reevaluate some culturally significant books of the last forty years. Here are some of the upcoming contributions: > Syndicated columnist

The Self-Publishers Cometh

> Most of us have heard that 195,000 new titles were published in 2004 – a staggering 14 percent increase in one year. But most of those books don't sell very well. According to Nielsen BookScan, 93 percent of those new books sell less than 1000 copies a