links for 2008-02-03

"Then you unexpectedly come across the news that Isabella Rossellini is dressing up like various bugs and making a series of comedic short films about the way that insects have sex."

"Although publishers can turn an electronic file into a printed book in a matter of weeks -- as they often do for hot political titles, name-brand authors or embargoed celebrity biographies[...] -- they usually take a year before releasing a book. Why s

Everybody's favorite just-so-storytellers weigh in.

Why colloquia are important for graduate and undergraduate students.

"[Book banners] are the junk mail of literary discourse."

"Avoid professors who want you to apply literature like an ointment to your sorry ass." Great line, but I don't entirely agree with the advice.

Saturday's dinner, more or less.