At The Root, thoughts on Rion Amilcar Scott’s collection Insurrections.

A. N. Devers on Claire-Louise Bennett’s fantastic book Pond.

At Gimme Tinnitus, shared memories of shows at Death by Audio.

Leigh Stein wrote about ways to end one’s memoir.

At Hazlitt, Jake Pitre wrote about Lady Dynamite.

Stuart Berman reviewed Titus Andronicus’s live album for Pitchfork.

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