The Literary United States: A Map of the Best Book for Every State

http://www.bkmag.com/2014/10/15/the-literary-united-states-a-map-of-the-best-book-for-every-state/

The weirdest languages

http://idibon.com/the-weirdest-languages/

The Wal-Mart-ization of higher education: How young professors are getting screwed More and more faculty at America's colleges and universities are underpaid and undervalued. Can that change?

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/16/the_wal_mart_ization_of_higher_education_how_young_professors_are_getting_screwed/

American literature’s holy grail: The hunt for the Great American Novel

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/16/american_literatures_holy_grail_the_hunt_for_the_great_american_novel/

What Writers Earn: A Cultural Myth

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sara-sheridan/writers-earnings-cultural-myth_b_3136859.html

Great Novels can Change your Life...and your Brain Getting lost in a good book can actually change your brain, with neural paths forming in the same way as if you were actually living the experience, scientists have found

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/no_author/great-novels-can-change-your-life/