Want to buy the scarf George Orwell wore when he was shot during the Spanish Civil War?

Hear the one about David Gilmour saying all those crappy things?

If you don’t want to live in Brooklyn, here are 20 great American cities for writers.

László Krasznahorkai’s stunning Seiobo There Below is reviewed at the New York Observer.

Charles Bukowski: selling scotch.

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