Rachel Carson was born on this day in 1907. In 2006, Rebecca Solnit revisited Carson’s Silent Spring in the pages of The Nation.

At Electric Literature: a look at the fiction and poetry of Silvina Ocampo.

Talking with Chris Gethard about his move to cable.

At Rolling Stone: notes on Kamasi Washington.

Here’s a trailer for a documentary about The Slits.

Will Chancellor talked with Luke B. Goebel at Tin House.

A discussion of Nimona on the Oh, Comics! podcast.

At Dusted, Joseph Burnett reviewed Prurient’s Frozen Niagara Falls.

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