Mark Athitakis at The New Republic discusses what Barnes & Noble has done for literary culture.

On Isaiah Berlin’s great taste in suits.

Claire Evans at Motherboard on “The Great American Hack: David Foster Wallace and Aaron Swartz.”

Christopher Buckley opens up his piece on P.G. Wodehouse with a Christopher Hitchens anecdote.

Martha Clarkson won the RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest. Congrats.

Reg Presley of The Troggs has passed away.

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