Afternoon Bites: Songs of the Summer, Eduardo Galeano, Jim Ruland Interviewed, Floating Libraries, and More

Galeano

There’s new writing from Eduardo Galeano at Guernica.

Maura Johnston delves into the concept of the “song of the summer.”

The 2014 Hugo Award winners have been announced.

New York City now has a street named for James Baldwin.

Karolina Waclawiak reviewed Yelena Akhtiorskaya’s Panic in a Suitcase for the Times.

Justin Maurer interviewed Jim Ruland.

Minneapolis now has a floating library.

A look at the role of Tower Records in zine history.

Delving into American history with Henry Rollins.

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