“I understand you know Saul Bellow,” to which Ludwig replied, “Know him? Hell, I’m fucking his wife.” – On the guy who shtupped Saul Bellow’s wife.

• The rise of “clit lit” in the UK.

• Rob Horning at The New Inquiry on Pinterest.

• Darin Strauss pits The Sopranos against Six Feet Under.  Who will prevail?

• Looking back on 100 years of Oxford University Press in India.

• Behold the exploding toilets at the University of Chicago.

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