Soup and Salad: Fobbit ARC winner, Matt Bell's new novel, Pulitzer-fail followup, David Cronenberg and Don DeLillo Together Again for the First Time, Stinking Kindles, Thank You For Killing My Novel, Sere Prince Halverson's Sense of Place, Charles Dickens

On today's menu:

1.  Congratulations to Diana Wagman , winner of the Fobbit prize package .  My sincerest thanks to everyone who entered the contest.  You overwhelmed my inbox with support, love, and anticipation for the book (which officially publishes on Sept. 4).  A little bird at Grove/Atlantic tells me there will be another Fobbit giveaway coming soon; so be of good cheer, all you losers!


2.  Speaking of anticipation, I was excited to see this announcement of Matt Be...