Hey Girl, Giacomo Casanova was born on this day in 1725. He loved the ladies.

Flavorwire picks out a few books for Don Draper to read.

Karolina Waclawiak picks out a little PJ Harvey, Swans, Mazzy Star, and a bunch of other good songs at Electric Literature.

Some pre-fatwa Salman Rushdie work is up at Granta.

Michael Robbins and Dean Young have some poems in the new issue of Poetry.

Arianna Huffington knows how to party.

Somebody please fly us out to the Abba museum.

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