This dormant (verging on dying) blog will remain comatose for some time, as I've been spending my days (and nights) launching and maintaining two new blogs for my day job at The Library of America, which happens to be the one that pays.
The half-dozen readers who still check in once a month to see if I'm still sputtering might be interested in my new homes away from home:
Story of the Week
Reader's Almanac