Ron Nurwisah, Boy Reporter

A bi-centenary and the election of a certain President also from Illinois and with the same groundbreaking credentials has made Abraham Lincoln the man of the moment.

The social media project 21st Century Abe The Mist move is a perfect example.

Lincoln was born two hundred years ago. Happy birthday Abe! But why are we in the 21st century still obsessed with this 19th-century man? We find Abe everywhere from advertising to political punditry. What does this popular Abe have to do with the historical Abe? 21^st-Century Abe has six months to tackle these questions

buy Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

I’m smitten with Maira Kalman’s illustrations of the great emancipator. There are more on her wonderful NY Times blog.

Jeepers Creepers divx

• Jericho Mansions release

This one’s pretty obvious, but Sufjan’s nod to Abe makes me pretty happy.

• Ghost Story rip

• Werewolf: The Devil’s Hound move

buy Enough

After much nailbiting and prodding, we finally launched the new books blog at the Post. Yes, ladies and gentleman, I’m one of the editors of the Afterword (I’m in charge of the blog’s twitter feed, follow us @npbooks).

American Beauty divx Brad and Mark felt that the books coverage in the Post was actually getting lost in the pop culture heavy Ampersand blog. It’s tough to read about the new Murakami book and then get bombarded by a story about Britney’s latest meltdown.

• Shania Up! Live in Chicago movie

I’m looking forward to doing a lot of coverage on e-books (especially with the upcoming Bookcamp), cover design and pretty much anything else I’ve wanted to cover in the literary world.