At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Natalie Standiford looks at the presently-dovetailing creative pursuits of siblings Maile and Colin Meloy.

• Laurie Anderson once had hopes to write an opera based on Gravity’s Rainbow, Alexander Nazaryan tells us.

• Justin Davidson on “New York City Opera’s Last-Chance Season.” (Which, it should be noted, features  Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna.)

• Book Riot debuts a new feature: The Well-Redheads.

• Alas: Pizza Island has called it a day.

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