What's on tap?

Coming up next week:

Rejection letters from Michigan. Rejection (and maybe some acceptance?) letters from Iowa. And word that Notre Dame is finalizing their fiction acceptances. They may be contacting those fine people as early as next week. But don't quote me on that last one.

A couple links:

If the desire to write a book about Africa should ever strike you, read this essay first: http://www.granta.com/Magazine/92/How-to-Write-About-Africa?view=articleAllPages.

Racialicious Blog -- Okay, so the title's a little flaky, but the content is incredible. From the site: "Racialicious is a blog about the intersection of race and pop culture." Race? Pop culture? What's not to like?