“One of the things I learned is that we often use nature as a mirror of ourselves, and we use nature to justify things that humans do.” Helen Macdonald talked with Electric Literature.

Pitchfork reviewed the new album by Prurient.

James Hannaham was interviewed at The Millions.

Meredith Turits previews the best books for this summer.

At Vice: a look at the cover art of the Goosebumps series.

Maura Johnston wrote about the end of American Idol.

Michael Schaub wrote about Aleksandar Hemon’s new book for NPR.

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