Should France honor Céline even though he was a Nazi supporter?

• Herman Melville used 25 different words to describe beards in two chapters of White Jacket, his 1850 novel based on his experience crewing on a US frigate in the South Seas for ten years.  #TheMoreYouKnow

• The New York Times takes a look at the philosophical novel.

• An interview with Nick Flynn at The Rumpus.