Jaschik, Scott. "God, Fashion, Affect." INSIDE HIGHER ED December 31, 2007.

For the past four days, Oprah has not been the only Chicago-based powerhouse in publishing. With more than 9,000 English and foreign language professors gathered for the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association, publishers had a key audience of serious readers (not to mention syllabus writers) to influence. The exhibit hall is a chance for publishers to sell books already getting buzz and to generate buzz for those works just coming out. Here’s a look at what was hot this year. . . . Read the rest here: http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/12/31/mlabooks.