Link: http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/0...

Woody Allen penned a short story for The New Yorker about elderly New York Jews reincarnated as lobsters. Oh, and Bernie Madoff weasels his way in there, too. The irony, of course? Lobster is about as kosher as a nun covered in pig fat.

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CULTURE BUZZ: These are the ten books that people are most likely to lie about having read, according to a survey by a pro-reading advocacy group in the UK. I have read 1, 3, and 5 on this list, and I lie about having read 10, because we had it in our bathroom for, like, a year, which is almost like my having read it.

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The Best Links:

1. Via Kottke: Lying About Books
2. Guilty Secrets Survey results revealed!

I was just thinking about this book because my copy finally got too old and careworn to read properly. Isn't it funny how that happens with those novels that you read over and over again? Anyway, I'm ordering a new copy and thought I would share that with y'all in case you're in the mood for a good read.

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The Best Links:

1. Buy It on Amazon!!!
2. Thanks, Delete Yourself

CULTURE BUZZ: Aravind Adiga’s debut novel has won the Man Booker Prize in the U.K. The novel — about the extreme economic stratification of contemporary India — was a surprise winner to pundits and bet-takers alike. Expect to see it popping up on your subway commute/as part of your cocktail party conversation soon.

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The Best Links:

1. The White Tiger on Amazon.com
2. How Did The White Tiger Capture the Booker?
3. Aravind Adiga, First-Time Novelist, Wins Booker!

CULTURE BUZZ: The French author is the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. Sorry, Joyce Carol Oates! Maybe the Americans will have better luck next time.

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The Best Links:

1. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2008 Goes To Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
2. The Americans Are Restrained By Their Ignorance, Says Nobel Secretary
3. Biography of Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
4. A French Author Wins Nobel Prize

CULTURE BUZZ: Dmitri Nabokov, son of Vladimir, has decided to publish The Original of Laura , the novel his dying father commanded be destroyed. Here’s a reminder that next time you write something you don’t want anyone else to read, you might want to think twice. That bastard child of yours might want to publish it after you’re dead!

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The Best Links:

1. Nabokov’s Last Work Will Not Be Burned
2. Nabokov Wanted His Last Work Destroyed. Should His Son Honor His Wish?
3. Dmitri Had Daddy Issues, Obviously
4. Nabokov Dilemma Tears My Moral Consciousness Apart
5. Nabokov Family Drama More Like Macbeth than Hamlet
6. Release It Already! Life’s Too Short to Care about What the Deceased Would Want