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After all the Christmas posts this week, I know you expected me to interview a snowperson (why always a man? Or a woman? Snow gender need not be so definitive!) but instead today I’m chatting with someone who will (I hope) not melt away.

Not sure what to buy this Christmas? Here are some books that would make excellent presents. 

Claire Zulkey talks blogs at Columbia College, plus, the return of Funny Ha-Ha!

Al Capone, the infamous head of the Chicago Outfit, was Public Enemy #1. His brother, Ralph Capone, was Public Enemy #3. 

Blogger Jenny Lawson chats about professional jealousy, the term "mommy blog" — and taxidermied rodents.

Washington Post foreign affairs columnist Anne Applebaum draws on lessons from her new book, Iron Curtain, to revisit paths to democratization, discuss the latest economic and political trends in the former Eastern Bloc, and offer perspectives on the present governance challenges in Europe and beyond.

Pregnant? Avoid these books as if they were high-mercury fish.