This is funny/interesting/strange on so many levels.  I am a big fan of the fact that the titles of this poor poet’s books are listed ungrammatically, proving once again there is no final injustice, just the latest in a long string of ‘em.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/uproar-self-published-poet-laureate-nc-resigns

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Harper Lee strikes back:

http://shelf-life.ew.com/2014/07/14/harper-lee-speaks-marja-mills-penned-bio-was-unauthorized/

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Commentary on the forthcoming book about Harper Lee, The Mockingbird Next Door.

http://flavorwire.com/466343/truman-capote-was-a-psychopath-and-other-revelations-about-harper-lees-life-from-the-mockingbird-next-door

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For all of us who have read every existing Elmore Leonard story, here comes some more:

http://www.booktrade.info/index.php/showarticle/54949

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The best news here is that there will be a sister volume to the wonderful Just Kids.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-07-14/entertainment/ct-patti-smith-wins-tribune-literary-award-20140714_1_rocker-patti-smith-jesmyn-ward-chicago-humanities-festival

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Here’s a big surprise:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/08/authors-incomes-collapse-alcs-survey?CMP=twt_gu

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Beyond Prophecy and Wealth

…I spent the day’s energies

emptying the bookshelf

of all my dusty ornaments,

then tinkered with a Greek

I can never say why, lexicon to lexicon,

after a few words at a splintered oar –

lost in a sea I shall never see

and returned to my own words

lost at last in their own electricity,

without youth or hope or strength

beyond the balls of dust

and the shallow breathing

of an afternoon content

with small accomplishments.

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From Friends volunteer Joseph Jordan comes this article on yet another way to make books available to readers.

http://www.cnet.com/news/how-the-netflix-of-books-won-over-the-publishing-industry-q-a/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=cnet

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In case yesterday’s posting had you wondering…

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/02/will-self-novel-dead-literary-fiction

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http://womenwords.org/2014/07/13/golden-crown-literary-society-awards-list-2014/

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