
In our morning reading: notes on Patti Smith, new writing from Roxane Gay, writers channel their favorite literary characters, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting “13 Songs,” Lena Dunham at BAM, Notes on ‘Pataphysics, and More

This afternoon, we’re revisiting Fugazi’s 13 Songs, reading up on Lena Dunham’s appearance at BAM, checking out an excerpt from Sarah McCarry’s next novel, reading a review of Howard Jacobson’s new book, and more.
#tobyreads: Touring, Rauschenberg, and Motorcycles
Reviewed in this edition: Off the Wall: A Portrait of Robert Rauschenberg, by Calvin Tomkins; The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing by Melissa Holbrook Pierson; Afterimage by Damon Krukowski.