Some guy at NYU “intends to turn all 6,438 sentences of the great Herman Melville (Moby-Dick)opus into Japanese Emoji, rather picturesque emoticons that are on most handsets in Japan.”

Lit.

• Lit Drift talks about Neil Gaiman’s Twitter fiction contest.

• Melville House named best small press of the year!

• Maud Newton talks R. Crumb and Chick tract’s.

• Featherproof Books has an iPhone app. (thanks The Scowl)

• The Millions gives us a comedic translation of The Road.

• L Magazine talks to writer Kevin Canty.

• L.A. bookstores and Twitter

Music

• The Bo Diddley beat is explored.
  

• Sufjan Stevens talks to Death and Taxes

• Kanye West can’t be killed.

• This Cold Cave song rules on so many levels

• Deckfight give us their take on the decades best albums.

Food

• Felicia Sullivan gives us an apple pie recipe that we want to make.