At Noisey: checking in with Steve Gunn.

Amanda Petrusich explored the ubiquity of headphones for The New Yorker.

PEN has announced a new prize for short story writers.

Carrie Brownstein made a short film starring Kim Gordon.

LitReactor talked with Donald Ray Pollock.

At BOMB, Catherine Lacey and Jesse Ball conversed.

Stuart Maconie explored the increased role of economic privilege in the arts.

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