In this week’s Mix Tape on the Kenyon Review blog: an infographic of the 2011 Booker Longlist novels broken down by theme shows that Death is still your best bet, but maybe Nanny Trust Issues, Homicidal Cowboy Brothers, and An Escaped Tiger will gain some ground in the coming years; new research in psychology shows that fiction molds us more than nonfiction (and in positive ways); Bret Easton Ellis is on Kickstarter, offering notes on your novel for a $5,000 pledge; and much more where that came from.