Nick Ripatrazone wrote about Michael Robbins’s The Second Sex for The Millions.

The National Book Awards’ 5 Under 35 for this year have been announced.

Guernica’s “American Empires” issue is now up.

Sarah McCarry was a guest on the Other People Podcast.

Sasha Frere-Jones wrote about Aphex Twin for The New Yorker.

Kristen Radtke reviewed Eula Biss’s On Immunity: An Inoculation.

Still Single reviewed Stickers’ terrific post-punk album Swollen.

Will Oldham has listed his favorite films from the Criterion Collection.

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