At the New York Times: an interview with Louise Erdrich.

New nonfiction from Hilton Als on Prince, Beyoncé, and Cecil Taylor.

Jac Jemc on the work of Ellen Raskin.

Travel + Leisure has new writing from Garth Greenwell.

At Pitchfork: notes on Beyoncé, Warsan Shire, and the overlap of music and poetry.

At Largehearted Boy: Paula Bomer on the music of Mark Kozelek (in a manner of speaking).

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