Some book-related links:

• Did a Slate critic help save Nabokov’s last novel from the flames? (Slate)
• Ontario senator helps save Joy Kogawa’s childhood home (CBC.ca)
• Duddy Kravitz: The Musical was doomed from the start “ shocker! (Toronto Star)
• An interview with Larry McMurtry, indie bookseller (Downtown L.A. Scene)
• Alberto Manguel, the romantic librarian (The Guardian)
• Interview with McSweeney’s publisher (Los Angeles Times)
• Heirs of Superman co-creator get copyright share from DC Comics (Toronto Star – scroll down)
• Bonus tabloid link: Michigan comic book store owner shot during robbery (MLive.com)
• Bonus bonus tabloid link: Ginger Spice visits bookstore! With baby! Buys Roald Dahl book! (Celebrity-babies.com)

Quote of the week: “The problem with large bookstores is that they contain usually a lot of junk. My focus as a bookseller is to keep the junk out. Because good books don’t pull bad books up, bad books pull good books down.” “ Larry McMurtry