Wednesday Linkstorm

White people rejoice: Tom Wolfe and John Irving have birthdays today. T.Wolfe is 81, which is one million in dapper hat years, and J.Irv. is 70, which is a spry 250 in mangy dancing bear years.Speaking of the latter bro, Irving's got a new novel coming out called In One Person. More about it here. He seems like a nice man, feel sort of bad for making fun of him in the last joke. Not enough to delete it though.This new graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel looks awesome. Let's all read it.Flannery O'Connor drew cartoons, apparently. Not as many of folks getting murdered or gored by bulls as you'd expect.How will books survive Amazon? Dunno, seems like with the appropriate outerwear and a knowledgable guide they'll be fine. (River jokes: got em!)HBO cancelled plans for The Corrections the TV series with scripts by Walnut Surprise and your dream boyfriend Noah Baumbach.Related: Franzen's got a new book of essays out called Farther Away. Ooh, Farther Away drinking game: take a shot every time he mentions birds! Just kidding, you would die of alcohol poisoning after ten pages.Is this videogame based on Henry David Thoreau your new favorite game? It certainly sounds riveting. I hear in level two you get to grow a neck beard in real time and look at some ants. (In level three you kill hookers.)In 2010, N+1 put together a neat little book where writers and editors weigh in on their literary regrets. Great news, it's back in print. Check it out.--Erin Somers