At Hazlitt, Sarah Gerard interviewed Wayne Koestenbaum.

Sadie Stein makes the case for cookbook stores.

Here’s an interview with Chigozie Obioma.

The Aerogram has an excerpt up from Nikesh Shukla’s Meatspace.

New poetry from Gabriele Tinti.

Christian Tebordo was interviewed at Electric Literature.

Taking a deeper look at Yoko Tawada’s “The Piper.”

Pitchfork has a review of Cold Beat’s new album.

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