Sunday Morning LitLinks
Danuta Kean profiles the very tough Joan Brady. (The Independent)
Gary Dexter returns with a new installment of “Title Deed,” this time explaining how Brian J. Ford’s Nonscience got its name. (Telegraph)
Jay Parini looks back at his brushes with Salinger, and why he opted to just leave him alone. (Guardian Books Blog)
Poet Christopher Reid shares his thoughts on winning the Costa Award. (Times Online)
M.A. Orthofer offers up an excellent recap of the battle between Amazon and MacMillan. (The Literary Saloon)
Amy Bloom defends the pursuit of happiness. (NYTimes)
Various tidbits of literary news, courtesy of Mark Sanderson. (Telegraph)
R.I.P. Ralph McInerny, professor and author. (South Bend Tribune)
R.I.P. George Tsongas, poet. (San Francisco Chronicle)
On this day in 1948, J. D. Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” was published in the New Yorker; in the same magazine, on the same day in 1953, Salinger’s “Teddy” also appeared. (Today in Literature)
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