“As inspiration, Kunzru cited David Lynch’s movies, which “refuse a certain kind of sense,” and Roberto Bolaño’s magnum opus, 2666. Gaps, möbius strips of logic, parallel plots, unanswerable questions—Kunzru’s remarks recalled, for me, an essay he wrote for The Guardian in September 2011 about a postmodernism exhibit at the Victoria & Albert Museum.” Jacob Silverman chats with Hari Kunzru for Capital New York.

• Retronaut has posted a selection of famous writers’ letterheads. (via MobyLives)

• Mark Leyner tells The Believer about his influences.

• Chad Prevost on blurbs.

• Greg Hunter muses on the comics of Jordan Crane.

• Dani Burlison reviews Being Flynn for The Rumpus.

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