Some Classic Banjo talk to start your day?

So Alissa Nutting’s Tampa is the most controversial book of the summer.

Michele Filgate discusses the decline of writers using journals.

Ed Champion has some thoughts on Boris Kachka’s Hothouse.

We’re all psyched for this Warren Ellis single.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 22 essential books.

And the new Doctor Who is…

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