Kim Gordon talked Body/Head, Tamra Davis, and Tim Riggins with Jessica Hopper at Rookie.

Lorin Stein takes a deep look at the work of John O’Hara.

Jeff Jackson was interviewed about his forthcoming Mira Corpora at Tin House.

Revisiting Albert Camus’s Algerian Chronicles.

A look at Kim Stanley Robinson’s new novel 2312.

Jen Vafidis on books by Edwidge Danticat, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, and more.

Is the Jazz Age Lawn Party LARPing for the literary set?

New music from Jesu? We’ll listen to that, yes.

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