Elmore Leonard was born on this day in 1925. We miss him.

Tama Janowitz talks with Tablet.

Malcolm Gladwell responds to a Slate piece on Slate.

Nate Silver weighs in on the government shutdown.

In case you were ever curious about about all the fiction John Cheever ever contributed to the New Yorker…

Full Stop looks at Jeff Jackson’s Mira Corpora.

Salvador Dali illustrates Don Quixote.

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