Lidia Yuknavitch was interviewed at The Rumpus.

Claire Fuller makes the case for enthusiasm about literary debuts, regardless of the author’s age.

Slate has an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates.

At Hyperallergic: a reaction to the new Nina Simone documentary in comics form.

Alejandro Zambra was interviewed at Vice.

New music is on the way from the great Detroit postpunk band Protomartyr.

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