At Electric Literature, Brandon Caro conversed with Maurice Emerson Decaul.

At the Times, a review of Eileen Myles’s I Must Be Living Twice.

Talking Kaptara with writer Chip Zdarsky.

The shortlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature has been announced.

Catapult has new nonfiction from Catherine LaSota.

Philadelphia’s Dark Blue have a new seven inch due out soon. We talked with the band last year.

At The New Yorker, thoughts on industry, commerce, and Amazon’s bookstore.

The playlist from Jon Solomon’s 25-hour Christmas music marathon on WPRB is pretty much the definition of “extensive.”

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