Hey, check out the new Linkstorm banner. Very cool, right? My kid sister, Molly Somers, does all of our design. Thanks Molly, you're a...
The Internet is full of great stuff to read this week! It's hard for me to even write jokes about it, because how do you joke about things you like?...
We're only three days out from Richard Ford's birthday, and you've done nothing, nothing, to prepare. I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed. The least you could do would be to...
Philip Roth apparently told a young writer to quit writing because it's too hard. Here is a response from Elizabeth Gilbert. To paraphrase: "Uh, chill out, PR. It's sitting in...
Yesterday was Anton Chekhov's birthday. Best Chekhov story on three. One, two, three... (Did you shout The Kiss? I shouted The Kiss. Great, we're in agreement. It's The Kiss.) Here...
Hello and welcome back to Wednesday Linkstorm. The hilarious joke temperature in New Hampshire today is five degrees Fahrenheit. Not even sure what I'm supposed to do about that. Wear...
Happy New Year everyone. J.R.R. Tolkien's birthday is tomorrow. People freak for that hobbit stuff, but I always thought it needed more girls and better outfits. There's such a thing...
Annoyingly good essay writer and pizza party enthusiast David Bersell has an essay up on Vol. 1 Brooklyn. Read it one million times. The style sheet for George Saunders' new...
Happy birthday yesterday to Thomas McGuane! Send the waitstaff over to wearily sing Feliz Cumpleanos in sombreros. The Millions continues its Year in Reading series. Here is Chris Ware's post....
It's Joan Didion's birthday today. Happy birthday, you fierce old genius! Don't love those cancer books, but Goodbye to All That is top ten. (Art of Fiction interview here. Nonfiction...
We're two days out from the birthday of my very own hero, one Sam Clemens. Never has there been a better week to buy me this. It's year end list...
Happy Thanksgiving Eve. I doubt anyone is reading this but if so, what are you doing? Shouldn't you be going to see the new Bond? Or pre-gaming for the Macy's...