We have a cover, Potter fans!

Check it out...is that...is that a key around his neck?

Thanks to Tonyia for the release of the cover and noticing the thing around his neck.

Favorite Quote from Recent Literature

Here's a fun exercise I found through Maud Newton's blog.

How about you? Favorite quote from recent literature? Leave it as a comment.

Raban

Listen to Seattle favorite Jonathan Raban here. (Thanks to Bookslut for the link.)

One more mention

Still not convinced you should go see Tom Bissell tonight? Listen to some of his work here.

Tom Bissell countdown

Hey, two days left! Bissell, briefly noted.

The Best Way to Make an Afternoon Disappear

Listen here.

Kate Walbert

I really enjoyed the novel Our Kind, Kate Walbert's National Book Award-nominated "novel in stories". Her Cheever-esque, first-person plural narrated book deserved the nomination, even if it was, you know, short and full of white space.

Kate Walbert has a story in this week's New Yorker. Enjoy.

Finals Study Night

Hey, UW students:

Looking for a place to study tomorrow night? Grab your UW ID and head up to University Book Store. We're setting up both quiet and group study areas for you to use from 8:30 - Midnight.

We'll have drip coffee to give away, some snacks...even a prize drawing at 10pm. (Prizes are an iPod shuffle and a $200 University Book Store gift card...and maybe a few others, too.)

UW IDs required. Don't forget 'em.

See you here.