- This is a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace in 2005 to the graduates of a liberal arts college somewhere in America. A friend put me on to it. It’s brilliant and I’d be surprised if you didn’t learn something from it.
- Speaking of friends, another of mine just returned from NYC. Here’s a collection of photos by Shane Gray showing a different side to NYC.
- Here’s some videos to get you through today: the trailer for the adaptation of Kerouac’s On the Road, a Mad Men mash-up to the sounds of Rick Astley, and the peeps at Bad Lip Reading have gone to town on Edward and Bella. Hilarity will ensue.
- Over at LitReactor, Meredith Borders has comprised a top ten list of the greatest closing lines in literature. What do you think?
- Stream Grizzly Bear’s new album, Shields, here for surely only a limited time.
- Overland has introduced their Emerging Poets Series. Check it out.
- Philip Roth has a go at Wikipedia. Great job!
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