At The Daily Beast:  The 21st Century Sherlock on Masterpiece Mystery.

• At The New York Times: The Paris Review opens up it’s archives.

• At Telegraph: Paul Auster’s Sunset park is reviewed: “While there are moments of intensity, beauty even, these are fleeting, bright flashes, like silver fish in a grey and weltering sea.”

• At Flavorwire: Citing that James Franco’s “Cultural Ubiquity Tour must roll on,” a video of the actor, writer, student in sixteen MFA programs, as Bruce Nauman.

• At Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits: Taking Zadie Smith to task for comments recently made in The New Yorker.

• At Jewcy: Al Jaffee of Mad Magazine is interviewed about his book, Al Jaffee’s Mad Life.

• At Big Other: Remembering Ari Up of The Slits.

• On the road with Alex Ross.