Kevin Nguyen interviewed Garth Risk Hallberg at BuzzFeed.

At Pitchfork: a look at Patti Smith’s M Train.

Justin Taylor wrote about the works of Percival Everett.

Here’s an excerpt from Maris Kreizman’s Slaughterhouse 90210.

Robert Kloss and Colin Winnette conversed at the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Hobart has an interview with Lincoln Michel.

Catherine LaSota has a new essay up at Catapult.

Gothamist ventured into the sub-basement of Grand Central.