Brenna Ehrlich interviewed Viv Albertine about her new memoir.

Patrick Modiano’s Nobel Prize lecture is worth reading.

Matthew Perpetua has recommendations for the year’s best books on music.

At Eat Genius, thoughts on books and food from Leesa Cross-Smith and Justin Taylor.

Todd VanDerWeff on Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven.

The Guardian checked out Philip Glass’s The Etudes at BAM.

Longform has reprinted Samantha Hunt’s excellent essay from The Believer on Breece D’J Pancake.

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