Tim Hensley's "Wally Gropius" was maybe my favorite graphic novel of the year, and I'm still trying to figure out what exactly it is.

While juggling three teaching jobs and raising my two kids, it hit me one day that I might live my whole life without doing what I really wanted to do, which was to write a novel.

You're right. The bookstore is holding The Chinese Modern Novel Month. So many books fitting this genre are on display.