You remember that story about David Mamet adapting the diary of Anne Frank? Well, the Village Voice has scared up a sneak preview. (This story lifted, like all the best things, from Maud Newton's Twitter feed.) Mamet also apparently does weather forecasts.

• Jacket Copy attracts a comment from Bill Clinton – on creamy, gold-logo'd notepaper. Envious.

• MTV becomes a publisher, and the celebrity endorsement game intensifies.

• A Hugo-winning SF writer and a Nobel-winning economist talk futures.

• Ulysses discounted.