http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-kirkus-prize-finalists-20150929-story.html

According to Jeff Goodell’s article on Obama in Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-takes-on-climate-change-the-rolling-stone-interview-20150923), President Obama did some summer reading, and here’s what he said about Elizabeth Kolbert’s book: “One of the books I read during vacation was The Sixth Extinction, by Elizabeth Kolbert. And it’s a wonderful book, and it makes very clear that big, abrupt changes can happen; they’re not outside the realm of possibility. They have happened before, they can happen again.”

I always knew I loved librarians: http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/carnegieadult/longlists

For your listening pleasure: http://wlrn.org/post/asteemed-novelist-and-short-story-writer-jim-shepard

at the Literary Sojourn in Steamboat Springs, CO on Saturday October 10.  Sadly, this event is sold out.  Perhaps you can bribe someone…

http://www.literarysojourn.org

Saturday October 3rd, 11:15-12:30 at the Brattleboro Literary Festival, Centre Congregational Church.

http://brattleboroliteraryfestival.org

Tuesday September 29th 4:30 pm.  Jim in Fairfax, VA:

http://fallforthebook.org/event/novelist-jim-shepard/

Sunday September 20th, 4:00-5:00.  Jim Shepard, Mona Simpson, and Asali Soloman all in one spot.

http://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/brooklyn-book-festival-ji-borough-hall-092015