The Awl wants you to read more Muriel Spark. We agree with them.

Cheryl Strayed, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Suzy Vitello hanging out and talking. No bigs.

How David Foster Wallace got Joe Winkler to study the Talmud again.

“Keillor Geography” at National Geographic.

The future of St. Mark’s Bookshop.

Kristen Stewart’s poem is definitely something else.

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