This is a nice story about the writing of 'Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen'. (As I was reading it, I stumbled over the word 'Picayune' which, incidentally, means a. Of imitative origin b. Something trivial. It was derived from Proven?al picaioun which means 'a small coin'). via Mobilives

The Power and the Silence in the Vatican is Alan Riding's review of 'Amen'. It raises interesting questions about how much did the Pope really know about the Nazi holocaust. (Among those who remained silent, count the the swiss banks too)

Stones of summer is a a film about bookishness (kind of). Having read the review, I badly want to watch the movie.

The unexpected candor of Peter Goldberg (the Outgoing CEO and chairman of IHT) reminded me of Jay Harris. (though Harris' gesture was in a different league altogether)

Check out the Winning photos of everyman photo contest (via Kottke).

And here is a profile of Ami Vitale. Some of the most powerful images coming out of India has her name on the credits.