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This just in: FEATHERS OF BOOK LOVERS EVERYWHERE RUFFLED.

Boy oh boy, there’s nothing I love more than incensed bibliophiles. The most recent offender? Anis Shivani at the Huffington Post, who wrote a petty, pithy little thing called The 15 Most Overrated Contemporary American Writers. His article might be startlingly inaccurate and small-minded and ill-conceived, but it’s generated a fair amount of buzz in the tiny world of literary fiction since it appeared over the weekend. That’s 1,639 comments on the article at last count, most not worth reading, and several outraged and reasoned responses across the web.

Rob Sheffield’s Top Ten Karaoke Jams

Rolling Stone journalist Rob Sheffield is coming to BookPeople this Wednesday, July 28th at 7PM, to celebrate his new book Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. We're going all out for this event, preparing a special 80's themed prize basket (which includes a copy of the new book) to the winner of our 80's Photo Contest. In order to get everyone in the right spirit, Sheffield sent us a list of his TOP TEN 80's KARAOKE JAMS. Enjoy.

Words of Williams (part two of a twelve part series)

Faithful blog readers: I'm sure you've been sitting on the literal edge of your ergonomic seats since the first awe-inspiring Words of Williams column. I certainly have! Luckily, to quench your eager anticipation (and ease your lower back pain) old E.D. has telegraphed to me another beloved installment. If through some insane cosmic error you missed the first one, read this and return promptly. And so, without further hullabalo, I give you...

Zombie Relay Day, this Saturday the 13th at 1PM

What will you do when the zombies come? Do you have a plan? If not...you're woefully under-prepared for the coming zombie apocalypse; good luck avoiding those grunting, feet-shuffling, brain-hungry masses. In order to properly prepare for the coming of the undead, join us this Saturday, March 13th at 1PM for the first annual Zombie Relays. We'll have some backyard Olympic style events (like three-legged zombie races, jello-brain eating, simulated zombie head smashing) and a zombie make-over station provided by Scare for a Cure.