can’t find true love the old fashioned way?  judge others by their books & maybe get lucky.

seriously excellent advice for love/writing.

why writers should never date other writers.

nice series on the rumpus, about the last book i loved (including one of my new all-time favorite books: the zero)

turns out that one of the five key steps to inciting a revolution involves falling in love.

i ♥ penguin’s “great ideas” series, which includes george orwell’s why i write & william hazlitt’s on the pleasure of hating.  on the occasion of the 100th (and final) volume, the guardian chats with the series editor about their beautiful covers and his ten faves.

review, author interview, & excerpt of gary shteyngart’s super sad true love story—which features this killer opening: “Dearest Diary, Today I’ve made a major decision: I am never going to die.”

i see you driving ’round town with the girl i love and i’m like, “fuck you!”  (ooo, ooo, oooo!)