poetry Beat poet Michael McClure, RIP David Pescovitz

books The sexy medical researcher in this bestselling 1991 romance novel was based on Anthony Fauci David Pescovitz

podcasts Podcast interview Maureen Herman, former bassist of Babes in Toyland Mark Frauenfelder

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

useful stuff What's in author Richard Kadrey's bag? Mark Frauenfelder

apps Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app David Pescovitz

Science Cormac McCarthy on how to write a scientific (or any kind of) paper David Pescovitz

books For rent on Airbnb: Hunter S. Thompson's Woody Creek guest cabin David Pescovitz

music Patti Smith has a new memoir on the way David Pescovitz

books Inside Roald Dahl's backyard writing "hut" David Pescovitz

libraries The New York Public Library's curious collection of authors' personal items David Pescovitz

books Tom Wolfe, pioneering "New Journalist" and novelist, RIP David Pescovitz

books Interview with Daniel Mallory Ortberg Rob Beschizza

science fiction RIP Kate Wilhelm, science fiction great and co-founder of the Clarion Workshop Cory Doctorow

navelgazing Australian TV host disgusted at Daily Mail's misogyny Rob Beschizza

deaths Umberto Eco, 1932-2016 Rob Beschizza

Weird Florida Man crowned winner of 2015 Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest Xeni Jardin