The Coen brothers are going to film an adaptation of Charles Portis’ True Grit. Unlike the John Wayne version, this one will more faithfully follow the perspective of 14-year-old Mattie Ross. Can’t wait. . . . Take a look at an early candidate for Best Book Cover of 2009, Postcards of Lost Royals. . . . Also in the world of covers, both The Book Design Review and the Caustic Cover Critic take note of the visual work being done by Harper Perennial. . . . This list of the best coffee scenes in literature manages not to mention Mark Helprin’s Memoir From Antproof Case. The protagonist of Helprin’s novel has a highly detailed (and often hilarious) hatred for the drink. (He tells us, “Coffee has conquered the world; my only option is to harry it until I die.”)