Joan Didion was born on this day in 1934.

Grantland has an excellent interview up with Chris Rock.

NPR’s selections for the best books of 2014.

The story behind a lost comic opera written by Raymond Chandler.

Jen Doll on a book on astrology from the 1970s.

At The Fanzine: new fiction from Jac Jemc.

Ryan Sartor interviewed Kevin Nguyen.

At Pitchfork, Douglas Wolk on a series of Brian Eno reissues.

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