The New Yorker has an excerpt up from Carrie Brownstein’s memoir.

Keith Gessen was interviewed about Svetlana Alexievich’s Nobel Prize win.

Tobi Vail and Kathy Wilcox on the origins of Bikini Kill.

At Largehearted Boy, Patrick Wensink assembled a playlist for his novel Fake Fruit Factory.

Brandon Stosuy reviewed the new album from Kylesa.

Delving into the unpleasant histories of Salvadore Dalí.

Alan Bishop was interviewed about the reissue of Sun City Girls’ Torch of the Mystics.

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