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Now, it has nothing whatsoever to do with lamb chops or fregola, but a reader sent along a link to 11 Foot 8 in Durham, N.C., a site that documents truck crashes at a railroad trestle in that city that is 11 feet 8 inches above the street. Here’s an example of what they call a perfect peel. It’s pretty perfect.

Did you know Patti Smith has a Substack? Here’s her post about Bob Dylan and the genesis of one of her songs.

And here’s a poem from Adam Zagajewski, translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh in The Threepenny Review, “The Great Poet Basho Begins His Journey.”

Finally, new music to play us off, Olivia Rodrigo, “Good 4 U.” Play that loud and I’ll be back on Monday.