At The New Republic, Jason Diamond wrote about a new history of the Catskills.

Caryn Rose wrote about Patti Smith’s show commemorating the 40th anniversary of Horses.

Talking Upright Beasts with Lincoln Michel.

The judges for next year’s PEN Literary Awards have been announced.

Discussing Barbara Comyns’s Our Spoons Came From Woolworths.

Dusted on Divers, the new album from Joanna Newsom.

At Electric Literature: a review of a new William Gass collection.

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