Some book-related links:

• Noble laureate Jean-Marie Le Clézio faces the inevitable backlash
• Five poets write The New York Times op-ed page
• A scandalous novel by Kerouac and Burroughs sees the light of day (excerpted here)
• In appreciation of another Beat stalwart, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
• Dennis Loy Johnson tells the Los Angeles Times about the relaunch of his blog, MobyLives
• Free books for all “ except there’s a catch