• Daniel Handler of Lemony Snicket fame tries his hand at adult stories.

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, back in Nigeria, is at work on her second novel, “set before and during the war in Biafra.” (Via Moorish Girl.)

• Lewis Lapham recalls the days when U.S. journalism was a trade, not a profession. (Scroll down.)

• RZA guest-edits Boldtype’s spirituality issue.