Marxman

There might be a prequel to The Shining in the works. I wonder if it’ll be more like this.

The Rumpus posts an amusing interview with Super Sad True Love Story author Gary Shteyngart: “You have a twenty-five-inch TV and eight million books. What are you, an idiot?”

We recently offered a look at the odd history of the book blurb here at The Millions. Now the New York Times is looking at this peculiar custom, inviting four contributors to discuss their merits and pitfalls. Among them is our own Bill Morris, who revisits his 2011 essay “To Blurb Or Not To Blurb” about the dilemma he faced when asked to blurb a friend’s book.

Ben Brantley reviews Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s London debut.