Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín hung out at Symphony Space and a few Vol. 1 people were there.

• The Paris Review rounds up some beautiful literary paint chips.

• “I’m lying in bed right now, and Bon Iver is chopping up heirloom tomatoes for our frittata.” – Bon Iver Erotica is the best Tumblr we saw this week.

• Filmmaker Magazine caught Jonathan Lethem doing a little talking.

• Blake Butler compares the histories of Three 6 Mafia and Cormac McCarthy at Vice.

• Gertrude Stein, a Vichy supporter?

• Best real headline of the week: “Fleet Fox Scoring Film About LOLCats, Existentialism, God“

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