Our own Jason Diamond (along with a bunch of great folks) tells The Atlantic Wire his “Beach reads for smart people.”

Edward Champion has tipped us off to the Pulp Magazines Project.

Gabrielle Gantz talks Stoner by John Williams.

Brain Pickings has an “essential” history of our favorite bridge.

Michael Chabon spent a year reading Finnegans Wake.

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