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Here's some
local literary news I missed: A 1905 letter Jack London wrote to his publisher was found in a copy of
White Fang among some "rare books in a storage closet" at the
Pequot Library in Southington, Connecticut. The book had belonged to the publisher,
George Brett, who had a connection to the library.
Either I had to read London's
To Build a Fire, or one of my kids did. I recall it being kind of grim. I listened to an audio book of
The Call of the Wild and rather liked it, but I was trapped in a car.
Nonetheless, a 100+ year old letter just found in a book... That's worth noting.
I've noticed a few things going on locally that are worth rounding up for a post.
First off, Bank Square Books in Mystic is expanding. This is an attractive bookstore, anyway, that does neat author luncheons, though I've only been to one and it was a while ago. But it was neat then, and there's no reason to believe anything's changed.
Connecticut author Tommy Greenwald appeared on the local Fox affiliate late last month, talking about his new book, Jack Strong Takes A Stand. Speaking of lunch, as I was just a para ago, I had lunch with Tommy once.
The Connecticut Center for the Book, part of CT Humanities, maintains a list of Community Reads projects. Cheshire is reading Alice Bliss and East Hartford is reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
I recently stumbled upon science writer Linda Zajac's blog. In addition to her posts on writing and science, she has posts on Connecticut state parks. I have to have been to some of these places, because I've been to a lot of Connecticut state parks. However, I keep a trail album, and once I've put my material in it, I pretty much leave it there. By the way, speaking of lunch, as I was a couple of paras back, I think I may have had lunch with Linda Zajac, too. Can't be sure. I've had lunch with a lot of people, but a Connecticut science writer named Linda sounds familiar.
Part-Time Indian is one of my favorite YA books -- never had a kid not like it, and couldn't put it down myself!
I love Bank Square Books! Good to know they're expanding - I'll have to check it out.