Dorothy Parker gets her day back.  (We wish we could have been more witty with that line.)

• Ben Loory gets asked some questions at Fictionaut.

• Stephen King reads from his forthcoming sequel to The Shining.

• When beatniks, mods, and rockers walked the streets of London.

• Over at Bookforum, Changó’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes by William Kennedy is reviewed.