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According to Vulture, Bret Easton Ellis firmly backs Team Franzen in the forthcoming issue of The Paris Review. That issue, by the way, hits shelves next week. I know because I saw a video of it on the printing press.

Adrienne Rich on Paul Goodman; Norman Mailer on Morley Callaghan; Susan Sontag on Simone Weil; W.H. Auden on David Jones; Gore Vidal on John Hersey; and $1.45 new releases. The inaugural issue of The New York Review of Books is a sight to behold.

“Four years after first announcing the decision to open the prize to Americans, the Booker is virtually indistinguishable from its competitors. It is exactly what many feared it would become: corporate and daft.” Alex Shephard writing for The New Republic about why the Man Booker Prize isn’t interesting anymore. Still, should you want to know who’s shortlisted this year, here’s our roundup.

The Guardian posted a short story from Alice Munro’s new collection.