Bibliorgasping

Clear waters of Autumn

Sunrise + low tide at the Neskowin Ghost Forest.

Walter Draesner (1891–1940)

four plates from “Ein Totentanz” series, 1922

Slamming both hands on the circulation desk after learning he was 17th in line for Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Western novel, Knicks star Jalen Brunson reportedly shouted, “Do you have any idea who I am?” Monday at a librarian who refused to move him up the Lonesome Dove waitlist. “Look, I am the NBA Finals MVP, I am a very big deal, and I have over one million dollars,” said Brunson, explaining that he needed the book more than the other patrons because his book club met next weekend.

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