Now that Ann Beattie’s Mrs. Nixon is out, what First Lady deserves the fiction treatment next? 

• Justin Taylor talking about Stephen King is one of those things you think would be cool if it happened.  Then one day it does, and you’re like, “Holy shit!  That was awesome!”  Such is the case with his piece at Tor.com.

• Robert Birnbaum of The Morning News sits down with Nicole Krauss.

• The worst covers of Life Magazine as picked by Life Magazine.  (Thanks Gawker)

• The ladies of Downton Abbey go disco.

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