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What Whit Stillman reads.

Wayne Koestenbaum on a prince of parataxis. (Via.)

Jane Smiley rereads a beloved book of my childhood, Enid Bagnold's National Velvet.

Plants vs. Zombies eats up a full "Anna Karenina" of Sam Anderson's leisure time.

V. S. Naipaul in Buenos Aires.

Finally, on a non-literary note, check out these amazing nautical cookies  I was lucky enough to be able to commission to celebrate my brother and sister-in-law's acquisition of their first boat!  (Not sure whether or not this picture is accessible, but this is the actual vessel....)