Have we mentioned our love of the Tumblr called Sarah Lawrence Girls?  With the Didion/Salinger/Janet Malcolm/NYRB post, we think it’s high time that we finally did.  Any other interesting college history type blogs or Tumblrs out there we should know about?

• Gillian Reagan at Capital talks about Richard Nash’s “big bet.”

• An excerpt from Lev Grossman’s forthcoming book, The Magician King.

• An appreciation for Leni Zumas.

• Salon seems to love Terrence Malick’s new film The Tree of Life.