Michaelangelo Matos on The Basement Tapes Complete.

In news of excellent writers talking with excellent writers: Tommy Pico interviewed May-Lan Tan.

Keith Gessen has a must-read on Amazon’s clashes with publishers at Vanity Fair.

Alex Ross Perry was interviewed about Listen Up Philip at BOMB.

Brenna Ehrlich was interviewed about her forthcoming YA novel Placid Girl.

Tobias Carroll wrote about Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel’s By Night the Mountain Burns.

Wondering Sound talked with Margaret Chardiet, aka Pharmakon.

Sarah Gerard talked with Flavorwire about the origins of the Kickstarter campaign for her book tour.

At Dusted: notes on Dark Blue’s album Pure Reality. We interviewed the band last month.

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