On this week’s show, I talk to the poet and essayist Nicole Callihan,

plus Maureen Vance writes about Jane Eyre.

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According to The Guardian, British publishers and the Society for Authors (a trade union for UK writers) are trying to push back against Amazon’s fierce demands for more power in the book industry. They liken Amazon's terms to a form of "assisted suicide."

According to The Times, Barnes and Noble will spin off its Nook division as a separate company from its traditional bookseller endeavors.

Carlton Melton's "Spiderwebs" accompanies Maureen Vance's "Jane and Me." This song is available on the album Always Even.

The Tequila Worms have generously offered their album Cantina as a free download.

On this week’s show, I talk to fiction writer and memoirist-extraordinaire Alden Jones,

plus Peter Demarco writes about discovering Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

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According to The Guardian, Salman Rushdie has won the PEN/Pinter award for 2014.

Also according to The Guardian, Quentin Tarantino and Matt Wagner will collaborate on a Django/Zorro crossover comic book.

On this bonus episode, I guide listeners through a lovely tour of Ulysses on today, which is Bloomsday.

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Check out Black 47's music here, or wherever you buy music. "I Got Laid on James Joyce's Grave" appears on Trouble in the Land.

On this week’s show, I talk to the fiction writer and poet Alan Michael Parker,

Plus Andrew Gretes offers his "Ode to Zorba."

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Davis Sedaris talked about the Amazon/Hachette battle to Parnassus Books, a bookstore in Tennessee. 

On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Sean Ironman of Heroes Never Rust fame, Jeff Shuster, who is the Curator of Schlock, and Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me for a roundtable discussion of Donald Duck on his 80th birthday.

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