first thing this morning...

... i got taken in by the title "how a poet and a resurrected dead man saved a katrina evacuee"... the epic chronicle of Blake Bailey, a refugee of new orleans among many.
what makes him so special is his status as an author- he wrote a book titled a tragic honesty- the life and work of richard yates which is on the new york times best sellers list. from reading his story, i must have this book... he is currently working on a biography of john cheever and i think i'm going to want to read that one too...


you can read his tragic tale here, http://www.slate.com/id/2127127/


this one particularly moved me: http://www.slate.com/id/2126756/