Enjoying The Odds

The stakes are high, and, in all likelihood, by the time you read this the results will be in (UPDATE: Transtromer wins!). It’s Nobel time, and I hope you’ve placed your bets. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Google’s got your over/under and just about everything else. Save your time and find out what Maurice Sendak thinks about Rushdie right here. Find out if it’s worth betting on Ezra Pound’s letters home. Finally, here’s a great remembrance of W. G. Sebald.