Yeah, I’ve been negligent in the writing department, blogging included. Stopping in to congratulate the National Book Award winners, just posted at Omnivoracious:

• Fiction: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
• Nonfiction: The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles
• Poetry: Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy by Keith Waldrop
• Young People’s Literature: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

And because she had such an impact on the world of publishing, I feel compelled to post that Oprah is apparently calling it quits in 2011, for real this time.

Now, I have to figure out how to get my discipline back. It’s become distressingly elusive.