Thursday's Flurry of Words

The Past Is Never Dead

It’s been a week since the iPad made its official debut. And while the media is still rather excited, it seems the annoying hoopla is subsiding. That’s right, people are starting to let go. DSM’s month of noir may have ended weeks ago, but that doesn’t mean we’re ready to forget one of our favorite genres: Check out these Los Angeles noir collections, edited by Denise Hamilton. Bookslut discusses Kenzaburo Oe’s The Changeling, Norris Mailer was twenty-six years younger than Norman Mailer when they married, which means her new memoir comes as no surprise. Financial oversight is all the talk these days, but the academic world has needed market oversight for years — just look at the University of Phoenix’s faculty. And finally, get your morning moving with a trip to Havana. Travel writing, the breakfast of champions. – Andrew Geer