News and Notes

achievement unlocked

• Yesterday, on the plane home from what might be the best vacation I’ve ever taken, I decided to buy the wifi, and just as it clicked on I received a text from Zito Madu, telling me to check out the NBCC longlist that had just been announced: his memoir, The Minotaur at Calle Lanza, got a nod! What a wonderful way to ease me back into America and workli…