“Scotch whisky, certain lemons, & hot water.”: Mark Twain writes a letter.

• Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)  gets profiled in The Telegraph.

• That Budweiser ad from the Super Bowl that was insulting to book club people, readers, men, women, and anybody with a little bit of intelligence.

• Stephen Elliott interviews author Stephen Elliott, and asks the hard hitting questions.

• Thanks to The Millions for hipping us to FUCK YEAH NYRB CLASSICS!!

• The last of the Yiddish poets.

• James Wood reviews two books about money, and quotes Karl Marx.

• Anything Fred Thomas is involved in, I’m a fan of;  City Center’s newest 7″ is no exception.

• Pop genius Van Dyke Parks profiled the the SF Chronicle.