The news that Zadie Smith is working on a science fiction book got us all kinds of giddy.

The cricket player that inspired P.G. Wodehouse to write one of his best characters.

Holden Caulfield gets a diagnosis.

Is Simon rich really that funny? 

Did Jonathan Franzen try to “fleece” a student? 

Keith Olbermann is back at ESPN.

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