Things to Read Around the Web:

The Man in the Middle, on New York Senior Senator Chuck Schumer, by Joshua Green in the Atlantic Monthly. Should Obama’s Inaugural Address Be Bleak, by Eve Fairbanks for The New Republic.

McSweeny’s features a selection of children’s letters to newly elected President Obama, from what I believe is a forthcoming book. Between The Ritz and the Gutter: Francis Bacon’s Life in London, by Amabel Barraclough for The Fanzine. Interview with Benjamin Weissman from an older issue of The Believer, in part (subscribe for the entire feature). Also pick up Benjamin Weissman’s two awesome collections of short stories here, by clicking either Headless or Dear Dead Person.

Analysis of The Seventh Seal, a film by Bergman, written by Dennis DeNitto and William Herman for Winona State University.

They Are It, and article about The Strokes by Gerald Marzorati from the NY Times, originally published October 6, 2002.

History and Information on Niagara Falls from Info Niagara. Inaugural Galleries: Gilbert Stuart at the NGA, from Modern Art Notes by Tyler Green. Interview with Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant from ArtSlant LA, September 2008.