The Rumpus interviews Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards.

A ridiculously deluxe edition (hint: chessboard!) of GZA’s Liquid Swords is coming soon.

Kyle Minor would like to recommend some novellas.

Maria Sherman has a report from Chaos in Tejas.

Capital New York on Narratively, a new site devoted to longform journalism.

Heather Muse chats with Old 97s guy Rhett Miller.

The Atlantic Wire visited Book Expo America, and chatted with a couple of booksellers while they were there.

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