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This week from Wikileaks:

Emdashes solicits open letters to punctuation marks
Mad Men’s fictional comic origins (with cheers to the Wheeler Centre for the link)
‘There was a divide between the books that I wanted to read, and the books that I wanted to want to read’
Paste lists eight literary works that deserve the graphic-novel treatment
The fine art of recommending books
Carey and Tsiolkas make it onto the Booker longlist
Czechoslovakian matchbox labels from 1950s and 60s
We are very much looking forward to Nikki Greenberg’s adaptation of Hamlet
Writers' Houses: Ever wondered why Whitman, Steinbeck, Buck and co lived?
Tao Lin tells us what it’s like to be banned from the bookstore that simultaneously sells your books
The Oatmeal has something to say about what it’s like to own an Apple product
Typography + moustaches = typestaches
The Design Files conducts a beautiful interview with Niels Oeltjen (who incidentally did a cover for yours truly)
Sian Prior talks about shyness on ABC Radio
And, Howl, with James Franco as Ginsberg and Jon Hamm doing the Donald Draper voice

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