Tvtropes.org is a fun wiki to browse. Not just TV in here, either -- also literature, film, and comics, among other categories. (I didn't know that one of my nephew's favorite series of books had its origins 84 years ago.) (via)
Gwenda's roundup of that Dave Itzkoff "Where's the dignity?" nonsense. I don't consider myself a YA expert by any stretch of the imagination, and even I feel sorry for him.
Junot Diaz in the WSJ. (via) Russell Banks in the Post Star. (via)
Writers in movies over at The Millions. I would add Stranger than Fiction to the list, but only the scene where Emma Thompson meets her main character in the flesh. Her reaction is dead on.
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