Robert Caro’s painstaking process to write Lyndon Johnson’s biography (36 years and 3,388 pages) in the New York Times Magazine this weekend.

• Jason Boog sees some similarities between events from 1934 and the current DOJ e-Book lawsuit.

• 25 National Magazine Nominations for 25 male writers.

• Rosecrans Baldwin talks to NPR Books about Elaine Dundy’s The Dud Avocado.

• Titanic spots in New York part 1 and part 2.

• Google+ and the Republican Party team up.

• Kim Gordon and a bunch of friends do Kraftwerk.

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