Dean has been re-reading the collected works of Jim Harrison, and is still convinced that he should be the next American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Dean very much enjoyed reading James Wood’s How Fiction Works. Smart stuff.

Dean got Richard Russo's That Old Cape Magic for Christmas. Best present ever.

Also: The Swell Season, anyone?

Speaking of swell, my playlist was featured on Paper Cuts on 11/25/09.