- Robert Birnbaum speaks with Uzodinma Iweala, author of the amazing, haunting novel Beasts of No Nation.
- New Boldtype, the month the topic is Competition
- Bat Segundo has been a busy man. He’s found time to talk to both Jonathan Ames and William Vollman.
- The New York Public Library has released its list of the 25 books to remember from 2005. It’s a pretty good list too–I am ashamed that I haven’t read more of them.
- Sara Ivy interviews Tony Michels about the Yiddish worker’s movement in the lower east side over at Nextbook.
- January magazine has been updated.
- Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield has been all over the place. Here’s an article from the Globe and don’t miss Deborah Solomon’s interview from this past Sunday. He’ll be appearing here at the Harvard Book Store today at 3:00.