Book Related Content

The focus around here of late has been on sports and politics, but never fear books will return to the forefront. I have a couple of reviews in the works, but until then here are a few links for your reading pleasure:

- Unbridled Books has posted another podcast:

This episode of Unbridled Aloud features Timothy Schaffert, author of the widely-praised novel, The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God, and the forthcoming (in 2007) novel, Devils in the Sugar Shop. The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God is a blithe and redemptive seriocomic love story filled with country music, endearing family misadventures, and an ironic brand of down-home religion.

- In case you missed it, Dzanc Books has announced their first title:

Dzanc Books is proud to announce we have found the book that will become our first title: Roy Kesey's extraordinary debut short story collection, All Over. Dzanc Books will publish All Over in October 2007.

Roy Kesey has been hailed as one our best young writers, and All Over presents 19 of his most original and provocative stories. George Saunders called Kesey's writing, "beautiful and powerful ... mythic, vivid, heart-rending." Roy's work has appeared in over 50 top flight journals, including Alaska Quarterly Review, Mississippi Review, and The Georgia Review. Several of the stories in All Over have previously appeared in journals such as Kenyon Review, McSweeney's, Other Voices, and The Iowa Review.

- John Nadler over at Contemporary Nomad has an interesting post on Secretary of Defense designee Robert Gates.