Amber Taylor asks "What's so great about Faulkner?" Help out this victim of public-school education by answering her in her comments section. (And many thanks to the exceptional public-school teachers of Ben Franklin High in New Orleans, who made me read Faulkner.)

Via Cowen, NYT on London Review of Books personal ads, noting the new book on the subject.

Underwhelming, but lengthy, WaPo interview of Philip Roth.