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Bookmarks: Moore on Barthelme, Updike on Cheever, plus more shakeups in the U.S. retail sector
Sundry links from around the Web:
- Lorrie Moore reviews the new Donald Barthelme biography (you can hear her thoughts here).
- The late John Updike had an early look at the John Cheever biography.
- Apparently, one of the century’s great correspondents was Samuel Beckett, “the man who said ‘every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.’”
- More layoffs at Borders. This time, the retailing giant cuts 742 jobs (nearly 3% of its workforce), most of them managerial positions at its superstores.
- Meanwhile, competitor Barnes & Noble buys e-book retailer Fictionwise.com for $15.7-million.
- A surefire pick-me-up: Author Tobias Wolff, onstage with John Darnielle (aka The Mountain Goats) in New York City. Wait for the chorus, when the grandfatherly Wolff chimes in.
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