Jonathon Sturgeon on Brian Blanchfield’s Proxies and poetry’s influence on nonfiction.

Brandon Stosuy interviewed Anohni for Pitchfork.

Maria Sherman delved into the world of contemporary DC punk bands.

Leah Umansky has assembled a playlist for her book Straight Away the Emptied World.

At New Republic: the place where history and lighthouses converge.

Longreads has an excerpt from Eric Spitznagel’s Old Records Never Die.

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