Evie Nagy interviewed Jessica Hopper for Bookforum.

Christian Lorentzen on the best books of the year so far.

Paula Bomer interviewed Jimmy LaValle of The Album Leaf.

A new album from Swans is on the way.

At Dusted: notes on the place where Duke Ellington and Krautrock meet.

At Grantland: delving into the history of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy.

Great ideas in literary high school locker design.

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