The 100 Year Letter Challenge should be taken up by more writers, I agree.

You have been faithfully checking out The Millions’ A Year in Reading, right?

George Saunders interview Bill Clinton. (via Condalmo)

Someone who hasn’t read the books told me this a couple of weeks ago. I told that person that I had, in fact, read the books. The subject changed very quickly. (Still haven’t seen the movie.)

My favorite novel this year? Here’s a hint.

Bonfire of the Vanities, 20 years later. (via Ed)

New Stephen King, you’ve read the beginning if you picked up Tin House a while back.

A question I didn’t answer at The MFA Blog because it would have taken me all day.

Research rabbit hole: Garden variety identity theft.

Process pron: Xiaolu Guo wrote A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers in English, while learning English.