tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101782792013-05-18T09:28:26.660-04:00Proof there is still life after one retires as a newspaper book-review editor. Support to the debonair Mr. Wilson is provided by Vikram Johri and Jesse Freedman. (The incomparably generous and always consistent Superior, Wisconsin OWL, Dave Lull, provides BITE with a vast array of lovely links we might never otherwise see.)<br>ONE-HUNDRED BEST BLOGS 2009, <i>The Sunday Times</i>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.comBlogger36306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-84056625584899085262013-05-18T09:28:00.001-04:002013-05-18T09:28:26.670-04:002013-05-18T09:28:26.670-04:00<p dir=ltr>...<b><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/245922">Nuptial matters</a></b></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/WkOVhWnCesg" height="1" width="1"/>Vikram Johrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12016674284703056882noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/love-present-and-affirmed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-47468533873261090552013-05-18T09:00:00.000-04:002013-05-18T09:00:12.663-04:002013-05-18T09:00:12.663-04:00<div align="left"> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was a Door to which I found no Key:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was a Veil through which I could not see:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Some little Talk awhile of Me and Thee</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There seemed -- and then no more of Thee and Me.</span></blockquote> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>— Omar Khayyam</i>, born on this date in 1048</span></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white;"> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/UJdEwM9WV4I" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-thought-for-today_18.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-19092545860221078262013-05-18T06:11:00.001-04:002013-05-18T06:11:28.351-04:002013-05-18T06:11:28.351-04:00<p dir=ltr>...<b><a href="http://m.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/khaled-hosseini-returns-with-a-novel-that-embodies-afghan-storytelling/article11992247/?service=mobile">Khaled Hosseini returns with a novel that embodies Afghan storytelling</a></b></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/77lqzU0gCn8" height="1" width="1"/>Vikram Johrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12016674284703056882noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/tales-from-afghanistan.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-19832357421534922652013-05-18T00:58:00.001-04:002013-05-18T00:58:54.295-04:002013-05-18T00:58:54.295-04:00<p dir=ltr>...<b><a href="http://m.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/books/book-review-between-friends-by-amos-oz-1-2935209">Book review: Between Friends by Amos Oz</a></b></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/Wk5NsHEQ-h4" height="1" width="1"/>Vikram Johrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12016674284703056882noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/oz-to-tee.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-41692533919503259472013-05-18T00:08:00.001-04:002013-05-18T00:08:33.980-04:002013-05-18T00:08:33.980-04:00<p dir=ltr>...<b><a href="http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/05/would-you-want-to-be-friends-with-humbert-humbert-a-forum-on-likeability.html">WOULD YOU WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH HUMBERT HUMBERT?: A FORUM ON &#8220;LIKEABILITY&#8221;</a></b></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/vqCHZjBdaT8" height="1" width="1"/>Vikram Johrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12016674284703056882noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-likeability-conundrum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-88455924681958211522013-05-17T16:01:00.002-04:002013-05-17T16:06:10.177-04:002013-05-17T16:06:10.177-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324266904578459092704691504.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_Lifestyle_5"><span style="color: blue;"><b>'Coriolanus': Nothing Plebeian About Him | Shakespeare Theatre Company | By Terry Teachout - WSJ.com</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull, who also sends along <a href="http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/coriolanus-2012"><span style="color: blue;"><b>this</b></span></a>.)</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/A8o76dZbrAU" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com1http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/it-oughta-be-on-broadway.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-18189595786913424472013-05-17T15:47:00.001-04:002013-05-17T15:47:35.699-04:002013-05-17T15:47:35.699-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2767-elmore-leonard-man-of-the-western"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Elmore Leonard, Man of the Western - From the Current - The Criterion Collection</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/zTYoDckcGe4" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/reminiscing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-57363475986574426182013-05-17T13:55:00.002-04:002013-05-17T13:55:59.506-04:002013-05-17T13:55:59.506-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> ...<b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-room-for-hr-113051701025_1.html" target="_blank">No room for HR</a></span></b></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/ZfLjcGzhyJU" height="1" width="1"/>Vikram Johrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12016674284703056882noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/not-so-human-resources.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-45430668980956769772013-05-17T13:46:00.002-04:002013-05-17T13:46:33.293-04:002013-05-17T13:46:33.293-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/jun/06/is-humbert-humbert-jewish/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Is Humbert Humbert Jewish? by Mark Ford | The New York Review of Books</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/2zWo_qDiL40" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/does-it-matter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-73865331147926248182013-05-17T13:44:00.001-04:002013-05-17T13:44:03.301-04:002013-05-17T13:44:03.301-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/edgar-allen-poe-house-reopening_n_3291087.html"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Baltimore's Edgar Allan Poe House And Museum Should Reopen In October</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/VQAkVnSIITk" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-comeback-trail.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-68913619867676379832013-05-17T13:04:00.003-04:002013-05-17T13:04:59.543-04:002013-05-17T13:04:59.543-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> ...<b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/17/philip-hensher-importance-place-fiction" target="_blank">Philip Hensher: The importance of place in fiction</a></span></b></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/cjiBeQpEYrc" height="1" width="1"/>Vikram Johrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12016674284703056882noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-world-as-it-is-imagined.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-18353311544724005302013-05-17T11:46:00.001-04:002013-05-17T13:07:50.284-04:002013-05-17T13:07:50.284-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2013/05/of-books-and-cheese.html"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Laudator Temporis Acti: Of Books and Cheese</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)</span></div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/VWpKKxnr4a4" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/together-at-alst.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-31703142598281522872013-05-17T11:44:00.002-04:002013-05-17T11:44:53.858-04:002013-05-17T11:44:53.858-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…<span style="color: blue;"><b>&nbsp;<a href="http://firstknownwhenlost.blogspot.com/2013/05/consider-grass-growing-once-again.html"><span style="color: blue;">First Known When Lost: "Consider The Grass Growing" (Once Again)</span></a></b></span>.</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/WDT_QqzP2wI" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/reality-and-dreams.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-19961035400850895612013-05-17T11:23:00.001-04:002013-05-17T11:23:43.079-04:002013-05-17T11:23:43.079-04:00<p dir=ltr>...<b><a href="http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/steven-poole-can-algorithms-ever-take-over-from-humans/">Slaves to the algorithm</a></b></p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/rCqvlQIeG4A" height="1" width="1"/>Vikram Johrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12016674284703056882noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-automation-of-living.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-89747635203428126602013-05-17T10:49:00.001-04:002013-05-17T10:49:29.719-04:002013-05-17T10:49:29.719-04:00…<span style="color: blue;"><b>&nbsp;<a href="http://evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-lewd-naked-and-revolting-shape-is.html"><span style="color: blue;">Anecdotal Evidence: `What Lewd, Naked and Revolting Shape is This?</span>'</a></b></span><br /> <span style="color: blue;"><br /> </span> <i>The Pocket Book of Modern Verse</i>&nbsp;was the Oscar Williams anthology that I read until it fell apart. A bit of Googling reveals that Williams and his wife, Gene Derwood, are almost forgotten.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/KJG0SOZMOho" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-classic-anthology.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-15120525844068353192013-05-17T10:26:00.002-04:002013-05-17T10:26:17.812-04:002013-05-17T10:26:17.812-04:00...&nbsp;<a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Publisher-Threatens-to-Sue/139243"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/m3VhTgGsCZE" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/chutzpah-i-guess.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-73806983179365577932013-05-17T10:25:00.003-04:002013-05-17T10:25:35.508-04:002013-05-17T10:25:35.508-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: blue;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/nagel%E2%80%99s-untimely-idea"><b>Nagel’s Untimely Idea | Commonweal magazine</b></a>. </span>(Hat tip, Dave Lull.)</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/QdfdM3-ZvUo" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/does-mind-matter-or-does-matter-mind.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-78706131438821426492013-05-17T10:24:00.000-04:002013-05-17T10:24:08.947-04:002013-05-17T10:24:08.947-04:00<span style="color: blue;"><b>…&nbsp;<a href="http://brevity.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/dsm5/"><span style="color: blue;">DSM5: Rewriting the Diagnostic Bible | BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog</span></a>.</b></span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/o6Gr842ZOwI" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/tampering-with-scripture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-79993539397647610272013-05-17T09:00:00.000-04:002013-05-17T09:00:03.634-04:002013-05-17T09:00:03.634-04:00<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.</span></blockquote> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-align: left;"><i>— Meister Eckhart</i></span></div> </div> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/tZ7tv0mXeuo" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-thought-for-today_17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-20513290443270349692013-05-16T21:35:00.001-04:002013-05-16T21:35:09.708-04:002013-05-16T21:35:09.708-04:00<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/movies/at-cannes-film-festival-ducking-rain-and-competition.html?src=dayp" target="_blank">...the movie</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/ze8uCTXd7PI" height="1" width="1"/>Jesse Freedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13626277740665307336noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-on-gatsby.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-89400822707429776562013-05-16T16:18:00.002-04:002013-05-16T16:18:35.108-04:002013-05-16T16:18:35.108-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323372504578469172310279966.html?mod=mostpop"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Beau Brummell and His Heirs | Men of Fashion | RISD Museum | By Laura Jacobs - WSJ.com</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/ZBXHwmus0bc" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/sharp-dressed-man.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-90605995742922977252013-05-16T16:16:00.002-04:002013-05-16T16:16:54.793-04:002013-05-16T16:16:54.793-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2013/05/joseph-brodsky-betrayal-invites-you-to-descend"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Joseph Brodsky: “betrayal invites you to descend” | The Book Haven</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/XQyjN0Ng0-o" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/of-lies-and-consequences.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-78701649151328823992013-05-16T16:09:00.001-04:002013-05-16T16:10:53.179-04:002013-05-16T16:10:53.179-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/rebels-post-grisly-execution-video/"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Syrian rebels post grisly execution video | The Times of Israel</b></span></a>.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really do&nbsp;think this sort of thing ought to be paid more attention to. And not explained away.</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/S6y-cuFOGJE" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/religion-of-peace-strikes-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-87021740404386167092013-05-16T11:46:00.001-04:002013-05-16T11:46:03.267-04:002013-05-16T11:46:03.267-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://timescolumns.typepad.com/stothard/2013/05/alls-well-thats-boswell.html"><span style="color: blue;"><b>The TLS blog: All’s well that’s Boswell</b></span></a>. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/-Ry-GdjkxDw" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-about-when-boswell-met-johnson.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-26932332638995231432013-05-16T11:35:00.001-04:002013-05-16T11:35:02.733-04:002013-05-16T11:35:02.733-04:00<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">…&nbsp;<a href="http://en.rian.ru/columnists/20130515/181165567/Transmissions-from-a-Lone-Star-A-Cascade-of-Trouble-Life-in.html"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Transmissions from a Lone Star: A Cascade of Trouble: Life in Obama’s Second Term | Columnists | RIA Novosti</b></span></a>.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /> </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm sticking with what I wrote not long after the election:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-19/news/35187672_1_popular-vote-unemployment-rate-presidential-election"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Dangers in Obama's second term</b></span></a>.</span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/ujROZ/~4/7rymSOo1di0" height="1" width="1"/>Frank Wilsonhttps://plus.google.com/116835082644470042216noreply@blogger.com0http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2013/05/keeping-score.html