Mikhail Bulgakov was born on this day in 1891.

The Talkhouse has debuted a podcast; the first episode features Carrie Brownstein and Hamilton Leithauser in conversation.

At The New Yorker, a selection of Lynda Barry’s artwork.

Highly recommended: Megan Stielstra’s essay “Felt Like Something”, at Joyland.

The Dissolve on the film adaptation of Half Of a Yellow Sun.

Comet Gain has a new album due out soon, titled Paperback Ghosts.

At Recommended Reading: Mike Meginnis’s “The Ten-Century Man.”

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