If you’re a fan of historical maps, we’ve found your sweet spot.

• Can’t get enough of literary video games?  The Atlantic can fix that.

• This is what a week in the life of Nico Muhly is like.

• More Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel) shows announced.

Brooklyn

• Brooklyn Brewery used to be the only beer game in town.  Not anymore.

• In the wake of Jonathan Lethem insulting his former stomping grounds, take a quiz about literary Brooklyn.

• Notes from the Phi Collins Parade in Greenpoint.

Politics

• They’re protesting in Libya.
  

• In the event you’re visiting the Holy Land, you might want to think twice before you decided to boycott Israel.

• Just exactly how did Egyptian leaders shut down the internet?