John Darnielle has a novel coming out in October. Here are editor Sean McDonald’s thoughts on it.

Mairead Case wrote about her time as a clown.

Ian Cohen on The Men’s new album Tomorrow’s Hits, at Pitchfork.

Katherine Bucknell on Isherwood and Huxley.

Jason Diamond looks at Lorrie Moore’s Bark.

At Impose, Jacob Kaplan shares his thoughts on some upcoming books, including Gigantic Worlds and Adam Wilson’s new collection.

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