Lots of cool links this week:

• Love the idea for the Young Authors Give Back tour.
• Hipster Shakespeare and other historical figures re-imagined as contemporary figures.
• An Arrested Development–Great Gatsby mashup is the best thing ever.
• Also the best thing ever: Maureen Johnson’s call for book cover gender-flips.
• Celebrate National Short Story Month by submitting to Flavorwire’s short fiction contest.
• Great piece by Erika Dreifus on being a Jewish writer vs. writing Jewish fiction.
• I need to keep these suggestions for preparing for author interviews and Q&As on file.
• Attention teen wrtiers and storytellers! NPR wants to hear your stories.
• This genre reveal party idea is hilarious, but I do kind of want cake for real now.
• Pretty sure I need this tote.
• Obviously I like books featuring mother-child relationships.