– Amazon ranks the most well read cities. (In my humble opinion, Atlanta should be higher.)

– Who wrote the best novel on Zelda Fitzgerald?

– Book-shelf voyeurism. I love it!

– Packing away your children’s outgrown picture books. *Sigh* (Thanks to Magpie, for the tip.)

– The most playful libraries in the world. And this one wins for the most inviting.

– A look at how The Paris Review mastered the art of the author interview.

– Oprah Winfrey, as a book critic.

– A profile of the first couple of American fiction.

– Thankfully, Maya Angelou is recovering from a recent hospitalization.

– An interview with author Colson Whitehead. Here’s my favorite line, “[a]nd when people ask me if I’m a black writer, or just a writer who happens to be black, I tend to say that it’s either a dumb question or a question which happens to be dumb.”

– Terrifying pictures from French children’s books. Even more terrifying? Wikipedia’s sexism toward female novelists.

– Mo Willems reveals his secrets to writing children’s books that kids love the most.

– The winners of Lambda Literary’s outstanding novelists and emerging writers are announced.

– Writer David Sedaris’ second shift.

– Famous writers’ creative habits.

– The lovely Jessica Handler is interviewed for her next book about writing grief.

– Jane Austen mastered game theory before mathematicians did.

– Do some authors get special treatment with extra reviews? Of course. But this writer is really upset about it.

– Letters from J.D. Salinger. Speaking of Salinger, should comedian Louis CK do a Catcher in the Rye reading?

– The case against going to creative writing school. (Though, I’ve made my own case for creative writing school.)

– Please don’t brag about your book the way you brag about your child.

– Coffee helps creativity, but some writers find amphetamines work better.

– A New Republic reviewer isn’t crazy about Isabel Allende’s newest novel. (On a side note: 5 books that influenced Allende.)

– The Digital Public Library is now officially open for business.

– How cool is this– a man found a signature of MLK, Jr. in a book he bought for $3.50!

– Author George Saunders vs. reading and writing in the digital age.

– A great children’s book author dies.

– Teaching Shakespeare in a maximum security prison.

– Looking forward to getting my hands on this collection of linked stories.

– Though authors continue to turn to self-publishing, they should consider themselves warned.

– An interview with Salman Rushdie, and his deep involvement in the movie based on his novel, Midnight’s Children.

– Happy World Book Night!

– Are you a book snob? (I am, but at least I’m getting help…)

– Beautiful post about how social media has changed how we express our authentic selves. (Thanks to Mel, for the tip.)

– This gorgeous memoir is the greatest love story I’ve ever read. It took my breath away.

– Michael Pollen releases a new book on food and how we eat.

– Are writers badgering readers? Because readers don’t owe writers sh*t.

– Frida Kahlo’s handwritten love letters to Diego Rivera. (Don’t forget to check out their amazing exhibit at the High Museum of Art before it closes on May 12.)

– In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, Gwen Iffil wonders about when getting information first, trumps getting it right.

– Three never published poems of Rudyard Kipling.

– How to flourish as a writer in the digital age. (Thanks to Jennifer Niesslien, for the tip.)

– Three books to keep out of the boxes when you’re packing for a move.

– An author, with a stutter, goes on book tour.

– This week’s best “long” reads.

– Is whom on its way out?

– The next generation ebook.

– Hilarious observations about google maps.

– Egoism and the art of the essay.

– The most clever literacy campaign I’ve ever seen. Take a look at all of the ads.

– John le Carre is still going strong.

– Mobile phones deliver e-books to children in the developing the world.

– What would Girls’ Hannah Horvath think of memoirist Elizabeth Wurtzel?

– Two authors– George Saunders and Hilary Mantel– make list for 100 most influential people.

– Penguin releases the first page of Thomas Pynchon’s next new novel.

– Has climate change created a new literary genre?

– A question and answer with an Israeli crime novelist.

– A cookbook with recipes from Charleston, South Carolina. YUM!

– Who owns e-book rights from old publishing contracts?

– NPR bestsellers for the week of April 18.

– A list of the top beach books for this summer. Not going to a beach anytime soon? What about 5 great books for a rainy day?

– Looking for a job on a Carnival Cruise Line? (A McSweeney’s gem.)

– Naked poets. (And yes, they’re really naked. Perhaps don’t open this link at work.)

– Five awesome things that libraries are doing with old books. (Also, traditional library patrons are still important.)

– Celebrate national poetry month with your kids.

– One of my favorite authors, Sherman Alexie, offers his ten favorite Native American writers.

– In case you missed it yesterday, my most recent article in ArtsATL.

– Who else is dying to see this movie beside me?

Me & one of my favorite Atlanta writers, Daniel Black

– Is literature good for you?

– A review of David Sedaris’ latest collection.

– You know you’re a famous author when your birth home becomes a Starbucks.

– The “most challenged books” on library and school bookshelves.

– Shakespeare’s favorite month.

– An important essay on how rape in literature should be taught in the classroom.

– Another great self-publishing success story.

– And last but not least, my next article for ArtsATL: “Atlanta writers find welcoming community, eager readers as city makes mark on literary map” If you have a moment, please check it out and leave me some feedback.

Cover Art: Swati Gupta

– A lovely poem for Boston.

– Hurray! There’s a Pulitzer Prize for fiction this year. (I’m still a little bitter about last year’s omission.) For a complete list of winners, go here.

– The author of one of my favorite novels last year, American Dervish, takes the Pulitzer for his latest play. (Dying to see it– hope it comes to Atlanta!)

– The latest issue of Granta has a diverse list of the Best of Young British literary stars. Here’s a beautiful slide show with their photos.

– I loved this new flash fiction from Guernica.

– Ottesa Moshfegh wins the Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize for Fiction. (Links to her exquisite short stories are in the article.)

– Are there really any such things as stupid writer tricks? (One writer succumbs to the advice in author interviews.)

– I predict that this hilarious picture book would make a lousy movie. 

– Soniah Kamal is guest editor of the South Asian issue of SugarMule, No Place Like Home: Borders, Boundaries & Identity in the South Asian Diaspora, for which I was lucky enough to contribute. She has released a stunning issue trailer well worth watching. If you have time, please take a look. I’ll publish the link to the issue here when it’s published.

– Dan Brown’s Inferno and Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed are being released a week apart. Let the best-selling bloodbath begin.

– Happy National Library Week! (To celebrate, I downloaded a few books from my public library to my new, Kindle paperwhite.)

– 9 illuminating lessons on creativity.

– Beautiful, Bengali poetry.

– Does journalism work on social networks? Maybe, maybe not.

– Yoko Ono comes out with a poetry sequel, fifty years later.

– Digging up the writing of long lost women writers.

– Are you e-sure you are e-understanding what you are e-reading?

– The queen of suspense keeps going strong at age 85.

– Last week’s best-selling books.

Shiny and new.

Changed the name of the series. Hope you like it!

– A Wuthering Heights scarf, to keep you warm. (Thanks to Emily, for the tip.)

– A self-publishing failure ‘fesses up.

– A transgender DC comic character! My kind of hero.

– 21 books that all men should read.

–21 books that women think all men should read.

– A graphic novel about food & eating!

– A criminally under-appreciated crime novelist.

– Amazon’s biggest publishing competitor.

– Authors rally to save Venice’s bookstores.

– Robert Frost’s 10 favorite books.

– Sci fi authors ponder about artificial intelligence.

– A Jane Austen bibliophile breaks things down.