Deborah Eisenberg (above) has a new short story at New York Review of Books (!).

• Yesterday’s Sunday Story contributor, Chloe Caldwell, writes about the book Mathilda Savitch by Victor Lodato.

• Three Guys One Book talk to Bret Easton Ellis.

• David Rakoff and other folks talk about their first gay bar experiences.

• There’s a new book about the bluesman Big Bill Broonzy coming out.  There’s an excerpt at NPR.