- The Rumpus has published a previously unpublished forward by Charles Bukowski.
- Speaking of poetry, if you’ve published some, you can apply to live in Robert Frost’s farmhouse for two months next summer, and hope for osmosis.
- Is everyone reading Little Dorrit right now? Ann Kirschner of The Chronicle Review uses multiple text formats (four of them, actually). WP Book World’s Short Stack notes the connection between Dickens scoundrel Mr. Merdle to our 21st-century’s Mr. Madoff.
- Is print news really dying, or is it our “vision of the metropolitan ideal”? Interesting Stuff.
- Largehearted Boy interview with comic artist Julia Wertz; “I figured out that I wanted to be a cartoonist during a period of time where I was really sick and I was confined to my apartment for months.”
- Arthur talks about why WFMU is the greatest radio station in the world.
- Alright, if WFMU is the greatest radio station, Awesome Tapes From Africa might be the best music blog in the world.