In honor of April Fools Day, MobyLives has put together some great pranks from classic literature!

Not exactly news, but start your Monday by getting to know the names of all of Dorothy Parker’s dogs.

MFAs, supernatural experiences and scandalizing high school kids: Adrian Van Young is interviewed at The Rumpus.

Rodney Welch reviews Vladimir Nabokov The Tragedy of Mister Morn at Full Stop.

Rodney Ascher talks Kubrick and Room 237 at Filmmaker Magazine.

The Kentucky version of Pimento cheese.

That time Freddie Mercury took Princess Diana to a gay club in the 1980s.

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