A Turkish publisher is currently facing obscenity charges for releasing an edition of the William Burroughs novel, The Soft Machine.

• NPR has an excerpt from Jon-Jon Goulian’s The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt.

• At Salon, Mary Elizabeth Williams discusses James Frey’s “infuriating” return visit to Oprah.

• Ever hear the garage band Rick James and Neil Young were in?