At Occupy Writers, Will Hermes writes about Jeff Mangum. Do you like good writing about music and culture? Then you’ll probably want to read this.

• At Slate, Katie Roiphe looks at the syllabi of David Foster Wallace.

• Edan Lepucki discusses why writers of literary fiction should probably not self-publish.

• At The Paris Review, Elisabeth Donnelly talks with William Kennedy.

• The Free Music Archive has music up from The Ex’s collaboration with avant-jazz saxophone player Getatchew Mekuria.

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