Possession at 20.

On Fine Books and Collections, Nicholas Basbanes talks to A. S. Byatt on the 20th anniversary of her literary detection novel Possession.

Happy birthday, A. S. Byatt and Mason Williams.

A. S. Byatt, the author of Possession, one of my favorite novels of literary detection, turns 71 today; and Mason Williams, the Grammy-winning composer of "Classical Gas" and Smothers Brothers show writer, turns 69. Go here for a Williams performance of "Classical Gas."