Jay-Z is working on the score for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

“In Thomas’s work, self-seriousness is the major trope. There’s wit, but little humor.” – Michael Robbins talks Dylan Thomas at Poetry Foundation.

Harold Bloom is profiled at Tablet.

Jon Cotner asks people their plans for 2013 at The Hairpin.

Justin Taylor gets mixy.

Watch the video for “New Year” from Beach House.

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