-Miss Snark, literary agent, has some sympathy for Don Imus. After all, "he helped promote a lot of books." (via Miss Snark)
-Newly uncovered manuscript from the late author of Suite Française (via Conversational Reading)
-More mind-blowing poetry videos from Billy Collins, former Poet Laureate (Billy Collins Action Poetry via Very Short List)
-Au revoir, Cody's Books (via SFGate)
-The Washington Post reviews Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes. Check out the excerpt, too. (via Washington Post)
-Publishers revamp Jane Austen (via New York Times)
-Farrar, Straus & Giroux Publishers launches a poetry blog for National Poetry Month (The Best Words in the Best Order via Bookdwarf)
-It's never too early to celebrate July, part II. Here's part I. (Miranda July's No One Belongs Here More Than You via Moonlight Ambulette)
-T.S. Eliot wrote, "April is the cruelest month." It's also National Poetry Month. That dovetailed quite nicely. (via Cruelest Month)
-Gawker exposes what we already knew: You don't have to read a book to blurb it. (via Gawker)
-Shocker: The New York publishing industry is harsh! (The Rejecter via 101 Reasons to Stop Writing)
We were a little preoccupied with an office birthday chez Zooba yesterday, but better late than never...Yesterday was World Poetry Day. Celebrate with these collections of verse. Or check out the Emo Haiku Generator for instant gratification! (via Nerve Scanner)
-Coleman Barks, A Year With Rumi
-Billy Collins, The Trouble With Poetry
-Garrison Keillor, Good Poems for Hard Times
-Celebrating W.H. Auden's centenary year, The Times publishes his critique of aspiring writers. Auden giveth, Auden taketh away. (The Times via Critical Mass)
-Was Mark Twain a sellout? (via Freakonomics blog)
-How do certain books get front of store placement in bookstores? The publishers' cold, hard cash. (TCF via Buzz, Balls & Hype)
I heart YouTube, I really do. It's not as if I have anything better to do than watch people lip synch or view footage of someone's cat. Sleeping.
Right. Well, as with movies or any other media, occasionally I want to watch something not just because I can. I want to watch something meaningful. Something I can relate to. Something earnest. Art. Poetry. Something. Anything.
Check out this reading by Poet Laureate and The Trouble With Poetry author Billy Collins set to beautiful animation. It's better than a video of your pet. Lip synching. To The Beatles.