Curious about the first lines of Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue?  The Millions has you covered.

When Annie Liebovitz negotiated her contract with Jann Wenner in 1982.

Clarice Lispector is reviewed at The Coffin Factory.

Got a bunch of bourbon, club soda, milk, tomato juice and other random things to make cocktails with?  Esquire tells you what you can make.  (Although we would hardly suggest combining those things we listed.)

Peter Johnson at Berfrois on the changing face of the modern cemetery.

Say hello to American Apparel’s first transgender model.

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