Agatha Christie’s diaries, letters, and photos from her days spent surfing are to be released in a book.  We’re hoping that a Masterpiece Theater mini-series based on the book will promptly follow.

• Frank Sinatra writes a letter to a former New York Times crossword editor.

• How Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 changed one man’s life.

• The last words of writers from Mark Twain to Jane Austen.

• Is The Onion moving to Chicago from NYC?

• This Saturday is Museum Day.  The Smithsonian lists five museums that are participating.