Nick Curley interviewed Bob Odenkirk about his new book, A Load of Hooey.

Meredith Graves has an insightful essay about why Mark Kozelek’s feud with the War on Drugs is unsettling.

Michele Filgate reviewed Kim Zupan’s The Ploughman.

A case is made for why you should read this year’s group of PEN Award-winning books.

Heavy Feather Review on Kyle Coma-Thompson’s collection The Lucky Body.

3:AM has an excerpt from Nicholas Rombes’s The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing.

Tobi Vale interviewed La Sera’s Katy Goodman.

Douglas Wolk delves into the history of disco.

Talking Sadie Benning at Artforum.

James Lesak on Sam Humphries’s comic book Sacrifice.

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