One: The event took place a month ago, but I’m only now reading about Sam Lipsyte and James Murphy talking art at Joe’s Pub. (Link via Jessica Suarez.)
Two: THE2NDHAND’s Todd Dills on Arthur Nersesian’s The Sacrificial Circumcision of the Bronx. I’ve only read one of Nersesian’s novels (Manhattan Loverboy), which I wasn’t taken with, but a combination of alternate history, paranoia, and political unrest definitely has my interest piqued.
Three: Via Edward Champion: this Chicago Reader piece on the pay rates (or lack thereof) of the Huffington Post and what that might may for the future of freelance writing describes one of the more frustrating scenarios I’ve encountered recently.