“For years after reading Dahl, I would invent my own words, unconcerned that the gibberish I was scribbling might not exist in a dictionary.” Janelle Brown on James and the Giant Peach.

Rick Moody interviewing Mike Watt? Yes, we’ll read that one.

Rosemary DeWitt once napped in bookstores.

Francisco Goldman on his view of Mexico City.

The upcoming Books Beneath The Bridge Festival sounds excellent.

Titus Welliver, interviewed at the AV Club.

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