1. Baroque in Hackney: Salinger — another part of his downfall
The forthright American expatriate writer Katy Evans-Bush, who brought us Prufrock in pirate-speak, on the legacy of the suddenly late J D Salinger.
2. The Carpetbagger: Credit haggling, Oscar-style
New York Times blog on Kathryn Bigelow’s talent and her Oscar hopes.
3. La république des livres: Comment Karen Blixen fut privée de prix Nobel
Le Monde‘s Pierre Assouline reveals why the Danish author failed to win the biggest literary prize of them all.
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