The Rules of the Game

Greetings. I am guestblogging this week, a role that I think must feel something like being agrandparent. You get to roll around on the floor, make silly faces, and thenjust when things get a bit overwhelming and you've had enough, or someone needshis diaper changed, you get to leave. This week's postings will stray from the moretypical EV fare - the thoughtful and intelligent commentary on the literary world at large. Instead, I'll be talking about the literary world at, well, small. In...