got going here in Blighty but, in literary calendar terms at least, it's already over: the Man Booker longlist comes out this afternoon, marking the start of autumn's prize season. from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: theblogbooks: Booker longlist: any guesses?
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Four first-time novelists and a near-total absence of literary stars combine to make this year's Man Booker prize longlist announcement one of the most low-key in many years.
In contrast with previous years (the longlist has been announced publicly since 2001), 2007's list is restricted to a 'Man Booker dozen'--a mere 13 titles, compared with the usual 18-24.
from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: Low-key Booker longlist shuns literary stars
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[Charles] Simic said that he had not yet decided what he would do with his term, which begins in October. Meanwhile he continues to write for the New York Review of Books and is a poetry editor (with Meghan O'Rourke) of the Paris Review. His new poetry collection, That Little Something, will be published next year.
Paradise Motel by Charles Simic
from Sarah Crown: The Guardian: Charles Simic named US poet laureate
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