“Rarely attempted, and still more rarely successful, is the bibliomemoir…” Joyce Carol Oates reviewed Rebecca Mead’s My Life in Middlemarch for the Times.

Talking James Turrell at the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Interested in a preview of Farel Dalrymple’s forthcoming YA graphic novel?

Bedford + Bowery takes stock of the current state of Williamsburg’s DIY venues.

Dusted looks at the memorably-titled new album from Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra.

Of note: there is now a trailer for the Russ & Daughters documentary.

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