Books etc.

Okay then, I've accepted the fact it will be too expensive to get to and be admitted to EXPO so it seems that nothing will happen on the way to the World's Fair. I've been reading the papers and I cannot claim understanding of the people who are "shocked" at the Pope's death. In other news, the fascinating life of Amber Reeves, HG Wells' mistress and feminist author in her own right. This article of interest primarily because it's written by my beloved Margaret Drabble. This profile taught me about Laura Nyro and I think I'm in love. Women crime writers are bustin out all over in Moscow. This new book on Virginia Woolf sounds excellent. Tom Bissell's amazing article about visiting Vietnam with his father, which I read previously in UTNE is in The Observer today. A survey of Canadian book habits here, with the truth that "Bookish people tend to be active people".