Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Genius Grant for Mr. Cathedral

Your favorite deconstructivist and mine, David Macaulay, won a MacArthur Fellowship! That means he gets "$500,000, paid in quarterly installments over five years."

Interview on NPR (audio to be posted later today).

Sunday, September 10, 2006

September's Book

We're reading The Canning Season by Polly Horvath.

Et tu?

What excellent taste we have in this month's book. Click on the link for a teaser -- not spoilers, but if you aren't already interested in the book, maybe this will help. If you don't want any hints, just look at the picture and read the bottom panel.

I finished it last week and it was a positive experience (that's all I'll say for now).