“Even though I had a very good education, which continues, I don’t feel it was, is, nearly enough. My blind spots glare at me daily.” Maggie Nelson talked to Full Stop.

Filmmaker Allison Anders is blogging about Greta Garbo’s record collection.

Tin House has just posted a 1987 interview with Joseph Brodsky.

Four words: American Psycho: The Musical.

“…if the government, or “the collective” in any form, is going to support art-makers and arts institutions, it seems a shame to do so only in response to another nation’s perceived bad opinion.” Lewis Hyde on the commons.

Christopher R. Weingarten talked with the guys from Tomahawk about their new album.

Pitchfork has a wide-ranging video interview with John Cale up now.

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