What the Jewish holiday of Purim (which begins tonight) has in common with the Hunger Games trilogy by Abigail Miller at Tablet.

• John Updike is getting reissued for his birthday.

• What did Aldous Huxley think of George Orwell’s 1984?  He wrote his former student a letter to tell him.

• Slate talks about the #jonathanfranzenhates Twitter hashtag after Jami Attenberg finds out J. Franz doesn’t like Twitter.

• Critical Mob takes a look at Jewish literature from the 1950s to today.

• The history of the “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters.

• Does older age limit learning?

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