Roberta Smith wrote about Kehinde Wiley’s A New Republic at the Brooklyn Museum for the Times.

At Hazlitt: Rahawa Haile on Tracee Ellis Ross.

Grantland has a tribute up to the late Harris Wittels.

Steph Post put together a Book Notes playlist for Largehearted Boy.

Ben Lerner was interviewed at The Quietus.

There’s a new trailer up for Amanda Filipacchi’s novel The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty.

Kevin Morby covered The Germs, Silver Jews, and Bob Dylan for Aquarium Drunkard.

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