Checking in with the members of Unwound about the reissue of their last album.

The lineup for this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival has been announced.

Judy Berman on the new book from Edward St Aubyn.

Sofia Samatar wrote about tropes and torture in fiction.

Paul de Revere wrote about the state of music and activism in post-Katrina New Orleans.

Steve Orlando recommended queer comics at Vulture.

Here are some book recommendations from David Simon.

Chris Suellentrop wrote about good movies leading to mediocre video games.

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