At the Seattle Review of Books, Mairead Case on the lyrics of Simon Joyner.

Tony Tulathimutte assembled a playlist for his novel Private Citizens at Largehearted Boy.

At The New Yorker, Adrian Van Young on the fiction of Brian Evenson.

Meredith Graves has a new column at The Talkhouse focusing on fashion and music.

Feel like listening to Melissa Broder reading from So Sad Today?

At Bookforum, Sarah Nicole Prickett on Mariah Carey and memory.

Three words: Bruce Springsteen memoir.

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