- I guess you can thank HarperCollins for getting Sarah Palin to quit her job as governor of Alaska
- Brooklyn Rail wrote about bloggers getting book deals, and The Rumpus continues the conversation.
- The guy who did Super Size Me is directing an episode examining The Simpsons cultural impact on the world called (according to Comedy Central) The Simpson’s 20th Anniversary Special In 3-D on Ice. Brilliant.
- As if the idea for the book, “The Regulars” by Sarah Stolfa wasn’t cool enough; “(i)n his introduction, Jonathan Franzen admits he is not the “sort of person who is comfortable in bars.” Still, he finds Stolfa’s work to be “admirable” and the photographer herself to be “very rock ‘n’ roll” (she used to play in a band called the Delta 72)“.