* John Updike has published a sequel to The Witches of Eastwick, aptly titled, The Widows of Eastwick. He talks about it with The Guardian. [Guardian] * Moby Dick is the official epic novel of Massachusetts. (We were rooting for the WPA Guide.) [MSNBC] * The joint Kerouac/Burroughs novel -- And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks -- has been found. [Phoenix: Article/Excerpt.] * A new book by Kerouac was released last month, Wake......

The Writer's Brush Pierre Menard Gallery 10 Arrow St., Cambridge Through Sunday, January 27 617-868-2033 Everyone at one time or another wants to become something else. The actress longs to become a pilot, the congressman has late liaisons practicing his baking. Such creative experiments are no doubt good for the soul. This week at the Pierre Menard Gallery in Cambridge is the last chance to witness rare visual works created by some of the greatest......

When Bostonist scanned the list of those on Deval Patrick's inaugural committee, we thought, "James Taylor? Huh. James 'Fire and Rain' Taylor? Is he doing the Bono thing now?" We learned that was indeed the case, and rumors have now surfaced that the soft-rocker might be dropping a few tunes at the Deval Patrick Million-Dollar Bash. Carol Beggy and Mark Shanahan write, "At his Boston concert before the election, Sweet Baby James dedicated 'Fire......