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• Oh yeah. All Mitchell, all the time. More Hay Festival coverage (apparently, huge this year, proper Glasto huge) at The Guardian.


• On many a night, The Husband or I will look at the other with a twinkle of the eye, and say "let's put Freaks and Geeks on." This is the one show that consistently makes me laugh and cry, the best thing to happen (and then suddenly unhappen) to television in years. In this Wired article (longer than the one that appeared in the magazine), the creators discuss its genius.


• Pop Matters reviews Ian McEwan's latest, On Chesil Beach, which I just finished enjoying. Though McEwan's topics may sometimes sound uninteresting on first description, the way he executes them is phenomenal.


• Set your DiVo: Cormac McCarthy's first ever television interview on Oprah June 5th. I'm slightly scared of what will happen to this country when hundreds of thousands of women suddenly pick up The Road and read about this post-apocalyptic nightmare all at once. If you need anything that comes in a can, you're best off getting it now. (via TEV)


• I've secretly been enjoying the LOLcats craze. Even better: LOLkids.

Update: I nearly forgot... The best novels you've never read, according to New York magazine (via largehearted boy). One of these is by a college acquaintance of mine, Jesse Ball. I knew he was publishing a novel, but I had no idea it was already out... (Quick check: not out until September 2007.) Can't wait, Jesse.

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