What will be the fate of The Bronx post office that is basically an art museum?

James Joyce gets misquoted on a new coin.

“It’s true that Baudelaire seemed less interested in finding reasonable solutions to his many problems than in cultivating his hysteria.” – Stephen Akey at The Millons on Charles Baudelaire dying for our sins.

John McIntyre talks a whole lot about Kingsley Amis. This should serve as a good primer in case you need to know more for our event with Lev Grossman and others on May 6th.

Meg Wolitzer likes Patti Smith and Carole King equally.

Malcolm Harris on Buzz Bissinger and #Longreads superstars at The New Inquiry.

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