Maura Johnston wrote about the debut album from Ex Hex.

Gillian Flynn discussed her influences with Vulture.

Chloe Caldwell was interviewed at The Female Gaze.

Jody Beth Rosen wrote about Greil Marcus’s A History of Rock ‘n’ Roll in Ten Songs, and Marcus talked with Pitchfork about the same topic.

Stephin Merritt on two-letter words and the book he wrote about them.

Carl Wilson looks at new albums from Leonard Cohen, Robert Plant, and Loudon Wainwright III.

Sarah Nicole Prickett wrote about a party for Jeffrey Deitch’s Live the Art.

The Chicago Reader on Jason Molina.

Warren Ellis on a Bruce Sterling essay about “the internet of things.”

The Millions looks at gender equity in nonfiction.

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