Book News: Lyricism in Football, Joyce in China: The New Yorker Diane Wolkstein, who revived New York City's storytelling culture during the sixties and seventies by staging "hundreds of one-woman storytelling events, visiting two parks a day, five days a week," has passed away at the age of seventy. Wolkstein authored two dozen books, hosted a radio show, and helped found the Storytelling Center of New York City. Above all I love the phrases, which are - taken out of context - fantastically surreal, deliciously obscene. Ice the kicker. Shoot the gap. Flush the pocket. Up the gut. Muff the punt. Ariel Lewiton on "The Poetics of Football." Despite the huge growth in e-books in the past few years, the traditional publishing houses are not yet predicting the end of printed book. In fact, figures for 2012 show that while e-book sales are still on the rise, the rate of decline in print sales has actually slowed. An analysis of the self-publishing industry and its patrons. Sheryl Sandberg, the C.O.O. of Facebook, has authored a new book arguing that women's lack of success in business is a reflection of their lack of commitment, thereby sparking widespread debate. "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead" is slated for release in March. "Finnegans Wake," James Joyce's notoriously difficult work, is a best seller in China. Coincidentally, this weekend marked the ninetieth anniversary of Joyce's much more popular novel, "Ulysses." The U.K. launched the Books on Prescription program, under which doctors will be able to prescribe required reading to their patients, to accompany treatments for conditions as varied as depression, binge eating, chronic pain, and fatigue. Bruce, Clark, Lois, and Dorian: a look at what happens when fictional characters outlive their names.