Your reading assignments

I'm in a giddy mood for no reason, so if the following seems a little loopy, that's why.

First thing, read yesterday's Fishbowl NY interview with NYT reporter Warren St. John, whose dogged reporting on the JT Leroy hoax culminated in Monday night's web posting of the final nail in the JT Leroy coffin -- Geoffrey Knoop confirming earlier reported details of the scam. St. John (who resembles a young, extremely good looking version of Warren Beatty) says reporting on the fast-developing story was "exciting, frustrating at times, a little scary."

Then, even if you aren't a fan of science fiction, check out Liz Henry's feminist review of a sci-fi novel. She's a wonderfully clear writer, and I love all the far-flung connections she makes to other works. Her website features more pointers to her thoughts and words.

Here's an interesting news article, courtesy the "Shelf Awareness" bookseller newsletter, about a federal case striking down the sales tax exemption on sales of the Bible and other religious texts. One of the parties to the suit was a seller of "metaphysical" books who thought the practice of not charging sales tax on the Bible discriminated against other faiths.

Finally, in a turnabout, after I interviewed Susan Henderson for my "What Are You Working On?" project, she asked me a couple questions about the project. (Scroll down on that page to where it says BLOG.)

Liz Henry, Warren St. John, hoaxes, JT Leroy, Susan Henderson, writers