At The Nervous Breakdown: an excerpt from Sean H. Doyle’s This Must Be the Place, along with an interview with the author.

Jason Diamond wrote about David Letterman’s punk aesthetic and influence for Hazlitt. And at Jezebel, Scaachi Koul wrote about watching Letterman with her father.

Rainbow Rowell was interviewed about fan fiction at BuzzFeed.

Mike McGonigal interviewed Michaelangelo Matos about The Underground is Massive.

Adam Thirlwell came up with a reading list for Bookforum .

The Times looks into C.W. Pencil Enterprise, a shop dedicated to the sale of pencils.

At Dusted: notes on Jim O’Rourke’s Simple Songs.

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