The Observer has a profile on Blake Butler.  Night two of his marathon reading takes place at WORD, tonight.

• Guillermo Del Toro admitted that his dream project, a $150 million dollar 3D adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, may never happen.

• New Directions show off two upcoming books.

• Sarah Manguso picks Franzen’s Freedom over Teddy Wayne’s Kapitol in the opening round of the Morning News Tournament of Books.

• The Rumpus talks with Téa Obreht.

• Sarah Palin finally begins reading newspapers.