At the Times, Toni Bentley looks at A Book of Secrets, Michael Holroyd’s book about Violet Keppel and Vita Sackville-West.
- Full Stop interviews Michele Filgate on the subject of criticism.
- Alexander Chee on Savage Beauty, the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met.
- Rohan Maitzen looks at the crime novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö.
- Christopher Higgs on ways to teach the novels of Tao Lin.
- Would you like to see the cover of Patrick Somerville’s next novel? If so…