New this week, January 22-29

McSweeney’s: “A Mother’s Plea”

McSweeney’s: “LISTMANIA!: OTHER BOOKS USEFUL (OR NOT) FOR AMERICANS TO READ, BEYOND WILLIAM BLUM’S ROGUE STATE, BY OSAMA B-L.”

Matt Webb’s Interconnected: “I Am Genmon”

Phil Renaud: The five most useful books on my bookshelf

Mark Boulton: “Five Simple Steps to Typesetting on the web: The Right Glyph for the Job”

Salon: “I Like to Watch”

A List Apart (from last week): “Web 3.0″

Post Road: “Pig Boy’s Wicked Bird”

2006 Weblog Award Nominees

Tin House: Issue #26 is out