Bites: Dr. Seuss Frenching, Judah Friedlander, The Tallest Man on Earth is in the stairwell, Andrew Bird, J.J. Abrams not caring about fat people).

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• C’est l’heure! Translations of Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham and Horton Hears a Who are being released in France. Personally, I’m wondering why this hasn’t happened yet. Additionally, Bookslut profiled the ever-quirky children’s author this month, and it turns out he was pretty astonishing and misunderstood, which I suppose isn’t much of a surprise. My personal fav was always The Lorax: “Je parle aux arbres.” (Or something.)

• Maggie Serota interviews Judah Friedlander for Decider D.C.

• The Rumpus talk to Irish writer Colum McCann about his new novel Let the Great World Spin

• Warren Ellis on criticism, word counts, and media. (via The Scowl)

• An open letter to J.J. Abrams about the lack of fat people in Star Trek on McSweeneys

• Andrew Bird Stop Smiling interview

• Hooves on The Turf have been sort of blowing our minds with their Secret Garden series, but we think it’s time to nominate Swede The Tallest Man on Earth for what might be our favorite video thus far. Just wait till you hear him cover Patsy Cline in a stairwell.Secret Garden Video Series: The Tallest Man on Earth from hoovesontheturf on Vimeo.