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Sunday, July 5, 2009

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ToB Commissioner and TMN Contributing Writer Kevin Guilfoile’s debut novel, Cast of Shadows, was published by Knopf in 2005. He is also the co-author (with John Warner) of the best-selling book My First Presidentiary: A Scrapbook by George W. Bush.

ToB Co-Chairs Andrew Womack and Rosecrans Baldwin are TMN’s founding editors. Baldwin’s first novel, You Lost Me There, is coming out soon from Riverhead Books.

Rooster Shirts, Judges, and Brackets, Oh My!

The FIFTH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS is preparing to launch in a few weeks. Here are this year’s brackets for your office-gambling pleasure, as well as information about the 2009 judges and our brand new Rooster tees. (The Rooster | February 19, 2009)

The 2009 Tournament of Books

We interrupt our regular publishing schedule to bring you news of one feisty Rooster. Enjoying its fifth year, THE 2009 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS is coming soon, and we’ve got the nominees to prove it. (The Rooster | January 13, 2009)

Judges for the 2008 Tournament of Books

We interrupt our normal publishing schedule to bring you further news of the following sponsored event: THE 2008 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS is just one week away, and we’ve got some judges we’d like you to meet. (The Rooster | February 28, 2008)

The 2007 ToB Brackets and Book Bloggers’ Office Pool Contest

The 2007 Tournament of Books will begin this Thursday, but before then we have the brackets, the judges, and a contest for a lucky reader to win every book involved in this year’s bloodshed, courtesy of Powells.com. (The Rooster | March 5, 2007)

Announcing TMN’s 2007 Tournament of Books

Ladies and gentlemen, book nerds and illiterates, here are this year’s candidates for the Rooster Award in the 2007 Tournament of Books, sponsored by Powells.com—and we need your help in setting up the brackets. A message from KEVIN GUILFOILE. (The Rooster | February 20, 2007)


TODAY’S FEATURE

God Save the Queen From You Chumps

Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week, Englishman JONATHAN BELL defends his nation against a cursing student of Anglo-Saxons.

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The Mommy Wars

Non-Expert Jessica Francis Kane leads her followers into the battle of the playground.

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Infinite Summer

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DIGEST

No Take Backs

Recently unmasked producer Burial joins his old schoolmate Four Tet on a cryptically released 12-inch. The result is two post-rock peregrinations sure to set your perceptions on edge.