James Wood and László Krasznahorkai (pictured above) in conversation on the latest Housing Works podcast.

Barry Hannah is the Washington Redskins, Denis Johnson the Chicago Bears, and Ben Lerner’s Leaving the Atocha Station as the Seattle Seahawks in American Short Fiction’s NFL preview.

Jhumpa Lahiri talks about her favorite books.

The story of Van Gogh’s ear going viral in 1888.

Videos from the Syd Barrett days of Pink Floyd.

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