Book News: "Sandman" Returns, Plath's Drawings: The New Yorker Penguin and Random House finalized their merger on Monday, calling their union "the world's first truly global trade book publishing company." DC Entertainment's Vertigo has announced that Neil Gaiman will bring back his "Sandman" series, beginning in October. I put great faith in Philip Roth - he seems so happy now. Alice Munro talks to the New York Times's Charles McGrath about her decision to retire. Laura Miller on everything you need to know about the Department of Justice's antitrust suit against Apple, and its potential impact on the publishing industry. Whether you think the political order is so horrible that it needs to be destroyed, or so silly it's not worth discussing, the comedic instinct is similar: unrestrained, boundary-pushing, kill-all, farcical, and sometimes tasteless parody. Nathaniel Stein on the history and legacy of National Lampoon. Sylvia Plath's daughter Frieda Hughes talks to Time about an upcoming book that collects more than forty of her mother's drawings.