The Atlantic on the legacy of Maya Angelou, who died yesterday at the age of 86.

Notes on Stuart Dybek’s Coast of Chicago at Fiction Writers Review.

ARTINFO has a selection of designs from the late Massimo Vignelli.

Michael J Seidlinger on spending 48 hours in an airport to promote his novel The Fun We’ve Had.

Marc Masters and Grayson Haver Currin on the end of East Village Radio and its impact on experimental music.

Amen Dunes talked with Ad Hoc.

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