Anna Altman has some smart things to say about Sheila Heti’s The Middle Stories.

• Jarvis Cocker’s Relaxed Muscle project was at The Whitney this weekend; Maura Johnston has a report.

• Daniel Torday’s novella The Sensualist is the latest book to be released by Nouvella; it comes recommended by folks like Karen Russell and Adam Levin.

• Jami Attenberg on the David Foster Wallace Symposium.

• John Jeremiah Sullivan on the view from his window.

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