Jordan Ginsberg interviewed Jim Shepard at Hazlitt.

In the Times, Maris Kreizman discussed nostalgia for 90s television.

Adam Mansbach wrote about conversations about privilege hitting close to home.

“Whether art has to violate the surface is a matter for reflection.” The White Review has new nonfiction from Lauren Elkin.

Dennis Cooper shares some of his favorite books and albums from the year so far.

Details on this year’s Books Beneath the Bridge series.

Alexandra Kleeman was interviewed at Publishers Weekly.

At Dusted, Jennifer Kelly reviewed the new EP from Expert Alterations: “sounds like the exact place where post-punk slid into C86-esque pop.”

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