Elon Green talks with Gay Talese about one of his most famous profiles.

Donald Barthelme inspires some art at The Rumpus.

Shane Jones on writers and plagiarism.

An interview with  Eudora Welty at VQR.

Ezra Klein launches his new blog.

You should be a little more narcissistic if you want to be an artist.

The coolest Savile Row apprentice taylor and Hasidic rabbi you’ll ever meet.

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