Common read his poetry at the White House. Sarah Palin cared a lot, and Master P weighed in.
- First he came for the teachers, now Mayor Bloomberg is going after the libraries again.
- Another Jennifer Egan interview. This time with Vulture. (We don’t get sick of these)
- Twenty previously unseen Anthony Burgess stories have been found.
- L Magazine on the latest Okkervil River, I Am Very Far Away.
- Today is the birthday of songwriter Burt Bacharach.