Zadie Smith discusses J.G. Ballard for the New York Review of Books.

William T. Vollmann talked with Ben Bush at Bookforum.

Ryan Chapman made with the Springsteen references in his review of Crag Davidson’s Cataract City.

The Nervous Breakdown has an excerpt from Wendy C. Ortiz’s Excavation.

Emily Gould recommends some books at The Week.

Sean Wilsey was interviewed at Time Out New York.

Pitchfork looks at 1970s punk drummers in NYC.

Greg Cartwright of Reigning Sound was interviewed at Wondering Sound.

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