Michael Hayward reviews Moomin: The Deluxe Anniversary Edition by Tove Jansson, a collection of comic strips that contain "the poetry of our world: sad, joyful, dangerous, enchanting."

Nina Bunjevac's homesick father receives hundreds of mis-addressed letters and postcards from Serbian penpals.

For creative people who fear that the muses have deserted us, when in fact they have slipped quietly into the 21st century.