P.G. Wodehouse was born on this day in 1881.

“But look: I think we can all be reasonably said to agree that people ought not to pick up knives and stab their spouses, full stop.” Michelle Dean on Norman Mailer.

At The Talkhouse, Dean Wareham discussed the latest from Mazzy Star.

Revisiting Alfonso Cuarón’s adaptation of A Little Princess.

Donald Margulies on a new production of his play The Model Apartment.

Nathan Rabin discussed Wild Style at The Dissolve.

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