Zadie Smith was interviewed about her new short story in The New Yorker.

Rob Sheffield interviewed Michaelangelo Matos about The Underground is Massive at The Strand. Matos also talked with Forbes about EDM.

At Literary Hub: John Freeman on Tomas Tranströmer.

Ursula K. Le Guin makes the case against Amazon for book-buying.

Chuck Palahniuk was interviewed at Paste about his comics debut.

At American Short Fiction: an interview with Terese Svoboda.

A new album from Yo La Tengo is on the way.

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