Jeanne Thornton, whose The Dream of Doctor Bantam was excerpted here last year, was interviewed at Bookslut.

Hey, new David Bowie album later this year.

Melissa Gira Grant on the history of Facebook.

Slant Magazine has a look at a new DVD of Paul Newman’s adaptation of Ken Kesey’s Sometimes a Great Notion.

Teju Cole shares his thoughts on Michael Haneke’s Amour.

There’s a new issue of Storychord up.

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