Jules Verne died on this day in 1905.

• “Adam Levin’s new story collection, “Hot Pink,” is about how love — family love, romantic love, love between friends — turns us into people we never thought we’d become.” – Adam Levin’s Hot Pink is reviewed by The New York Times.  Come see us talk to Levin on April 4th at PowerHouse Arena.

• As WFMU pointed out on Twitter, Infinite Jest is getting closer and closer as a Japanese town puts their name up for sale.

• Francine Prose at New York Review of Boks on Edith Wharton.

• Our own Jason Diamond went to a Lee Ranaldo release party in a SoHo loft.

Just in case you missed these:

• We interviewed poet Steve Roggenbuck.

• Blake Butler and Sean Kilpatrick taught us some lessons.

• We talked Borges with Twin Sister.

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