It’s been a relatively quiet week around here because of the holiday, and now it goes entirely mute. Posting will resume on Monday, and next week promises to be a good one on the site. There’s a very smart, provocative Backlist essay in the hopper, as well as a review of a new book about letter-writing through the years — and to accompany it, lots of letters from famous writers will be published on the blog. Should be a fun, active week. In the meantime, Happy Thanksgiving everybody.