monday hangovers

(Yes, I'm cheating.)

A few linksies for your cup of coffee/tea.

• Richard Butner, of the impeccable taste, recommends David Wilson's novel The Orphan.

• Storytelling tracks down a fuller version of the Bronson/Louisville library story. The more details that emerge, the better the story gets.

• Debbie at Literaisons posts about the what kind of reader you are question and postulates that there's a correlation to what kind of socializer you are. I could protest, but she pretty much nails me:
  

For example, Gwenda, who doesn't read books she doesn't want to and always finishes one book before starting another one, might be a fiercely loyal friend who doesn't brook any nonsense from people she doesn't like.

• Speaking of types of readers, Justin Steiner of Shooflypie offers up his own answer to the question.

• Christopher's continuing the "What's it about?" series of profiles of contributions and contributors to the coming Say... issue (currently at the printer). Yesterday he profiled Craig Gidney. He'll be doing these most days up to Wiscon.

• Jeff reports that Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, a documentary following musician Jim White as he tours the South with his ceramic Jesus, has gotten a distributor and will begin showing in the U.S. in June. I heart Jim White. Very happy at this news. Jeff has all the goods. The one Jim White live show I went to was on his tour for the awesomely brilliant No Such Place and he was thrilled at the reception the band got. The night before in Cincinnati had been less than a bust, with the few people at the show throwing loose change at the stage and heckling the band throughout the set. Buckeyes. (Kidding.)

• Wisdom from The Happy Booker (btw, what happened to the horoscopes?):
  

I suppose the best Oscar show is always the one that hasn’t happened yet.

Happy Monday.