"Even by the notoriously elastic standards of the literary world--the only place on earth where you can still be a wunderkind at the age of 30--42 is not especially youthful. Wallace, Franzen, Lethem and Chabon may be great writers, but one thing they are not is young writers."

Time magazine on the next generation of writers.

Carl Hiassen on banning books from school libraries

"Vamos a Cuba is different from most banned titles. It doesn't have any serious social issues, off-color language, precocious wizards or demon dogs. It's only 32 pages long, a simply written book designed to tell kids what a visit to Cuba is like."

Apparently, there is going to be a Wonka Chocolate Factory amusement park in the Netherlands.