Has Ira Glass been teaching Tavi Gevinson the art of staying young forever? The two talk about each other to the Wall Street Journal. We totally borrowed that above photo from the article because it is the best thing ever.

John Jeremiah Sullivan profiles Venus and Serena Williams for this weekend’s New York Times Magazine.

Haruki Murakami has some good looking Nobel odds.

The Bowery Boys  podcast focuses on the early history of NYU.

Lauren Groff talks to The Rumpus.

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