A new issue of Open Letters Monthly is out. The young generation: An article on Burroughs and Kerouac and an unpublished collaboration. A review of Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A life by Gerald Martin. Jean-Marie Le Clezio has won the Nobel Prize, but not the unanimous support of his fellow writers. With her new memoir, literary co-hoaxer Savannah Knoop steps out of JT LeRoy's shadow — but can she step out of Laura Albert's? From New York, a special issue on living cheap. A profile of economist Nouriel Roubini: "I fear the worst is yet to come". An article on Prince Charles at 60: A lifetime as heir apparent. Must it always be about sex? The Supreme Court will soon have to consider the meaning of that most versatile of four-letter words. Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? Move over, my pretty, ugly is here. The original Bond girls were sex objects to be looked at, lusted over, and discarded — but are 007’s women finally getting the respect they deserve? The nimble tread of the feet of Fred: A review of Fred Astaire by Joseph Epstein (and an excerpt). The world’s first temple? Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization. A continuing abomination: A landmark ruling provides hope for thousands of slaves in West Africa.

From Newsweek, here's a history of bumpy transitions (and more by Mark Penn). How Obama should make his most important presidential appointments. Timothy Noah on Robert Rubin's free ride (and more by Bob Kuttner) Daniel Gross on why Obama has to take over economic policymaking — today. Jeffery Sachs on what Obama needs to do: It's time for a new macroeconomics. The first chapter from The Case for Big Government by Jeff Madrick (and an interview). Larry Bartels says the electorate as a whole may be wiser and more rational than any individual. Relatively speaking, was the 2008 race really that nasty? Larry Sabato says no (and more). What's left to say after this seemingly endless campaign? Poets answer that question, and experts write about some of the undernoticed moments from the past 18 months. From Slate, eight things we won't miss now the election is over: What are we going to talk about now? How to kill time on the Web now that the election's over. From IHE, on historic day, political scientists take the long view. What really happened: A quick look at the election results and exit polls. Educating students about the election means more than simply discussing the issues — savvy teachers know to take students into the spin-zone. Is professors’ liberalism contagious? Maybe not. New conversation, new narrative: An interview with Stanley Fish.

From TAP, Ezra Klein on The Most Unlikely President: Barack Obama's candidacy forced us to confront the worst of our 9/11 fears and our lingering racism (and more and more on the identity politics election); and if history is any guide, the next four years will be shaped by how Obama confronts the Bush administration's abuses of power. Who is Barack Obama? The president-elect's character is hiding in plain sight. David Corn on how Obama is redefining what it means to be American. John Dickerson on how Obama bent the arc of history and on six ways Obama can show he'll be a different kind of president. Joel Kotkin on Obama and the triumph of the creative class. Michael Kinsley on why undivided government won't be as bad as McCain warned it would be. BHL on how Obama arouses a wild yet reasonable hope. Laurence Tribe on morning after pride. From The Root, now that Obama has won, here are five things white people shouldn't do and five things black people shouldn't do. Can we say "Fuck Whitey" if the president is black? Fred Kaplan on six foreign-policy priorities for President Obama. Fareed Zakaria on Obama’s Third Way: Obama can create a new governing ideology for the West. How did we get through the election without an al-Qaida attack? Brother Barack, you can tell 'em now: Let the Global Islamic Conspiracy begin.

From Slate, what should the GOP do now? Tucker Carlson, Ross Douthat, Douglas W. Kmiec, et al debate. From Taki's Magazine, Daniel Larison on GOPocalypse — and the future of the Right; and Austin Bramwell on the closing of the conservative mind and the triumph of mediocrity at NR. An article on the battle ahead for the individualist right. Philip Klein on how conservatism can rise again. Howard Phillips' World: Could the Constitution Party pick up the pieces of the GOP? Here are six ways John McCain can recapture his former glory. Why McCain Lost: He never got the economy right (and more by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair). What next: Does Sarah Palin have the potential to be the Ronald Reagan of 2012? Bernard-Henri Levy evaluates Sarah Palin: The small-town woman should not be underestimated. Frank Furedi on Obama and the fall of "the silent majority".  John Judis on America the Liberal: The Democratic majority, it emerged! Thomas Frank on why conservatism isn't finished — and liberals shouldn't be overconfident. A review of Taking on the System: Rules for Radical Change in a Digital Era by Markos Moulitsas Zuniga; Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Naomi Wolf; and The Change Manifesto: Join the Block by Block Movement to Remake America by John W. Whitehead.