TomDispatch has a new essay from Rebecca Solnit.

Justin Taylor wrote about the influence of William T. Vollmann on his own work.

Carmen Maria Machado has new fiction at Granta.

At NPR, you can hear the new collection of Bedhead’s albums and EPs.

Michael Signorelli has new writing at Howler.

The Quietus has an excerpt from Michael J. Seidlinger’s novel The Face of Any Other.

Mike Kinsella shares some tour stories.

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