Happy birthday to Fred Perry.

Lynne Tillman, Adam Levin, Chloe Caldwell, Darin Strauss, and other writers tell Tin House about bad habits.

Dick Gordon at Salon on the genius of Studs Terkel.

“Solitude is a problem for writers generally, who spend so much time alone rehearsing a form of ideal communication.” – Emily Cooke at The New Inquiry.

Steinbeck writing letters in 1962.

Rosie Schaap on Donna Summer.

Berenstain Bears talking points.

Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.