Talk Talk

If you can't wait for me to get around to more interviews, there's a whole new blog devoted to conversations with famous writers, including Beatrice allies such as Martha O'Connor, Lauren Baratz-Logsted and M. J. Rose. Meanwhile, Dan Wickett's conducted the seventh in his series of roundtable e-mails with editors of literary journal editors; this installment includes Steve Erickson and Bradford Morrow.

And three cheers to Maud Newton, the latest bookblogger to land on the pages of the New York Times Book Review, delivering her take on Josh Emmons' novel The Loss of Leon Meed.