F. Scott Fitzgerald on YouTube

If you've ever wondered what the life of an M.F.A. student looks like, here's your answer.

Here's the perfect example of something you didn’t even know you wanted: Gary Oldman doing a dramatic reading from R. Kelly’s memoir, Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me. This performance will surely join the pantheon of great pop culture readings alongside Christopher Walken’s reading of Lady Gaga’s “Pokerface” and John Lithgow’s reading of Newt Gingrich’s “florid” and “overwritten” press release.

Did occasional Millions contributor Elizabeth Eslami publish a literary novel--or a porno?  At The Nervous Breakdown, she writes about the trouble with titles.

Over at Asymptote, Oonagh Stransky talks about the transformative experience of translating Pope Francis. As she puts it, “I not only discovered a gentle, deeply human side to this Pope, I felt something change or soften inside me.”