File under things we are 110% behind: La Colombe Torrefaction recently refurbished a fifties-era Coke machine to hold their cold-brewed coffee. Refinery 29 talks about it.

Michael Chabon gets a record store.

We suggest spending your lunch reading Helen DeWitt’s new story at Recommended Reading.

Jason Rice on why he collects books.

Jac Jemc’s My Only Wife is reviewed by Richard Thomas at The Nervous Breakdown.

Your dreams of an Eastern Promises sequel just came to a crashing halt.

Seven things you may or may not have known about the Appalachian Trail.

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