HOT NEWS ITEMS of the day:

1. Gene Yang takes Wired News’ Luddite to task and his response is posted there now

2. More Gene Yang news: AMERICAN BORN CHINESE was selected in Amazon’s Top 10 Editors’ Picks in Comics and Graphic Novels . . . and it’s number 1.

3. BOOKSLUT gives a tremendous review of Stassen’s DEOGRATIAS, at the following page called Kids at War.