Peter Berbergal assembled a Season of the Witch-inspired playlist.

Megan Stielstra recommends some excellent books and a Chicago bar.

Tobias Carroll interviewed Kelly Sue DeConnick for Paste.

Tin House has an excerpt up from John Benditt’s The Boatmaker.

Curbed has a great selection of photos of 1980s New York.

Did several of this year’s films help shut down the “tortured artist” trope?

At Pitchfork: thoughts on the new album from Old Man Gloom.

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