• An excerpt from the title story of Mary Gaitskill’s new collection, Don’t Cry, which comes out in a couple weeks. Yay! The story appeared last June in the New Yorker; the magazine’s website is now registration required but if you’re a subscriber, you can read the full story here. (I can’t remember from whom I purloined that first link — if it was you, sorry.)
• Wikicuriosities: Book curses and fakelore. (Via Gwenda & The Millions.)
• The Cinetrix presents a compelling reason to re-watch All About Eve this weekend. As if you needed one.
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
