Elissa Schappell wrote about her favorite bar in New York.

Amtrak has announced the writers who’ll be a part of their first residency.

Jenn Pelly talked with the 33 1/3 blog about her forthcoming book on The Raincoats.

At Rookie, Jessica Hopper wrote about workplace sexual harassment.

Tobias Carroll reviewed Deborah Levy’s recently-revised An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell.

Maria Sherman talked Pulp, punk rock, and solo records with Gerard Way.

Wondering Sound has new music from Philadelphia’s terrific No Other.

Mike Meginnis assembled a playlist for his novel Fat Man and Little Boy at Largehearted Boy.

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