Geoff Dyer begins his new New York Times column with an excellent stylistic joke.
Aggregators are destined to conquer the world (me probably excepted).
Mrs Murdoch oughtta be in chicklit.
Two pieces of interesting news from the Millions: you’ll feel less guilt about reading a book in the bath if it’s already dirty; and Ayn Rand’s editor was a communist.
Mark Twain’s advice for little girls, illustr ks+ated .

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