William Gibson talks to the Paris Review: "It would be harder to accurately imagine what New York City was like the day before the advent of broadcast television than to imagine what it will be like after life-size broadcast holography comes online.... [W]e've already been there and nobody paid any attention."

1. Hear William Gibson read from Pattern Recognition at the Union Square Barnes & Noble.
2. Catch Cassandra Wilson at the Jazz Standard.
3. Try the roasted-vegetable-and-goat-cheese terrine at the Itzocan Café.