“Artists will drive you crazy, and The Hundred Brothers is a perfect instance of the work of art that seduces you with its beauty and power and then maddens you with its craziness.” Jonathan Franzen looks at Donald Antrim’s (recently-reissued) The Hundred Brothers.

• Gabrielle Gantz interviews Vanessa Veselka on the latter’s fantastic novel ZAZEN, touching on dystopia, worldbuilding, and more.

• BOMB recaps the Between Parentheses event held at Galapagos earlier this month.

• Maura Johnston visits the Music Hall of Williamsburg to see Pomplamoose; astute observations on “videosongs,” cover versions, and technological communities are made.