Monday Hangovers (Updated)

BibliOdyssey has some beautiful old planet images; new wallpaper here I come.
Charles Simic on dada (I’m still trying to forgive him for that horrible piece on the South, but I love). (Via Jeff, with the cutest family In The World.)
Two views on King Dork: Abigail Nussbaum and Erin at Rarely Likable.
I completely missed the much more intelligent than the piece kerfluffle over the WSJ’s latest idiot take on YA (remember the "oh, these books are racy" crap last year?), but Colleen Mondor’s place is a good starting point to follow the responses.
A mostly rave review (hated the ending) of Shelley Jackson’s fabulously odd sounding new book Half-Life. Strangely, the reviewer — who makes a point of talking about her past work — seems completely unaware of her story collection, The Melancholy of Anatomy.
Brutal Women’s Kameron Hurley has a new story, "The Women of Our Occupation," up at Strange Horizons. UPDATED: This is a spectacular story; definitely go read it.
Pinky remembers an enchanting, chance encounter with the recently departed Rupert Pole, Anais Nin’s second husband.