Jack Kerouac was born on this day in 1922.

Meghan O’Rourke at The New Yorker’s Page-Turner blog welcomes back Renata Adler. You should all welcome her back when we host her at Community Bookstore on April 17th.

Melville House looks at the cover art history of The Great Gatsby.

The new Gatsby film will open Cannes 2013.

Douglas Rushkoff on the end of time at The New Inquiry.

Sometimes Lloyd Cole and Rhett Miller discuss the new David Bowie album.

The history of Brooks Brothers. 

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