If you’re looking for a collection of William Gass interviews, this is going to be a good week for you.

The New Inquiry on Chris Abani’s excellent novel The Secret History of Las Vegas.

Amy Rose Spiegel on Morrissey’s Vauxhall & I.

Hyperallergic on early color films.

Mike Powell on the ups and downs of humor in music.

Notes on a new John Domini essay collection.

Useful tips to determine whether or not you’re living in a Thomas Hardy novel.

Interested in reading a fragment of Sean H. Doyle’s upcoming book?

Hope Larson has debuted a new webcomic.

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