Philip Roth telling young writers that it’s okay to quit while they’re ahead.

The massive Moby-Dick Marathon begins tonight.

Sam Kashner at Vanity Fair on when Truman Capote went too far.

Now we really want to track down books that feature the artwork of Arthur Hawkins, Jr. 

So about Ray Kurzweil’s new theory…

An excerpt from Board, by Brad Listi and Justin Benton, at The Nervous Breakdown.

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