Isaiah Berlin inspires a poem.

• Ben Greenman interviewed.

• It’s gotta happen one of these day:  The Catcher in the Rye film.

• An excerpt from the new Bret Easton Ellis book, Imperial Bedrooms.

• 5 things Kevin Sampsell has read recently.

• Dennis Cooper pays respect to Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth.

• The battle of “Jet Boy, Jet Girl.”

• Pirates stealing iPad shipments.