Jared T. Miller revisited David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello’s recently-reissued Signifying Rappers. At Gawker, Tom Scocca is less enthusiastic about said reissue.

Walter Kirn on “The Summer of Lovecraft.”

Peter Hughes of The Mountain Goats looked back at the band’s discography from 2002 on.

Jody Rosen looks into the world of “Bro-Country.”

Joseph Olshan was interviewed by The Rumpus.

Talking Wayne Gretzky at Hazlitt.

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