Gary Burger of The Monks has passed away. If you haven’t ever heard Black Monk Time, we highly suggest going to Spotify and turning it up loud.

How farming helped E.B. White write Charlotte’s Web.

Cynthia Ozick on Bernard Malamud.

László Krasznahorkai has a story in the London Review of Books (subscription required).

The story of ‘Baby Jane’ Holzer.

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