“Dumb” is putting it mildly.
I think “controversy” is kind of a strong word for any Zadie Smith judgment.
“Where can one find the origin of words like lung and liver?”
South America does have writers, contrary to what Salon thought back in August.
“I love my job. Absolutely love it.”
How to make it stick (via ALDaily).
“There is a certain logic in using the poet Dante Alighieri to solve a baffling mystery, as Giulio Leoni does in The Third Heaven Conspiracy.”
Leave the “cad” part out of it (via Books Inq).
Pamuck cancels his Germany visit, as Germany is apparently more dangerous than Turkey.