![Joan Didion and Barry Obama](https://vol1brooklyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ceeba79361ebe27262c5d75c7e3c5caa_350x341.png)
Pete Campbell dressed up like Mr. Darcy.
Rosie Schaap on preppy drinks with a slight nod to John Cheever.
More literary booze talk: Ivy Pochoda on Red Hook’s bar scene.
Alina Simone gives out some advice.
This American Life at 500.
A really amazing list of actual reasons for admission into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum from the late 19th century.
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