• George Saunders gives a reading in Pittsburgh and discusses his writing and revising process. (Today I’m taking particular comfort in the quote, “What comes out in a first draft isn’t really you.”)
• “Light,” a new short story by Kelly Link which appears in the “Fantastic Women” issue of Tin House, is available online. That said, the entire issue looks worth seeking out, with stories by Judy Buditz, Shelley Jackson, Rikki Ducornet and others.
• Susan Cooper hints at what you already suspected after seeing the trailers: That the movie adaptation of Dark Is Rising is going to suck eggs.
(Latter two links via Gwenda, beloved sponsor of today’s ALN.)
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
