competition Competition is fierce in 'Sheep to Shawl,' where teams have 3 hours to weave a shawl from freshly-shorn sheep Rusty Blazenhoff
music Joel Gion, the psychedelic tambourine man from the Brian Jonestown Massacre, is writing a memoir David Pescovitz
Excerpts Dr. Mütter's Marvels: intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
Entertainment Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb: classic kids' book about drumming beatnik monkeys Cory Doctorow