I don’t get to take too much time from writing for The New Yorker, but I recently blogged at the Powell’s blog, which was a lot of fun, and this week I’m blogging The New Yorker’s book blog, “The Book Bench.” Here’s my first post: [“David Grann Takes the Bench.”](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/03/david-grann-takes-the-bench-1.html ““David Grann Takes the Bench."")