Thoughts on Brix Smith Start’s memoir, along with a playlist featuring all of the music mentioned in it.

At Dusted, a playlist of music that’s influenced Sohrab Habibion from SAVAK.

Katherine A. Powers on Irish crime fiction and Lisa McInerney’s The Glorious Heresies.

Kyle Lucia Wu assembled a list of short books suitable for weekend reading.

At Hyperallergic, a look at a new ecosystem at Socrates Sculpture Park.

Checking in with Chuck Palahniuk at Signature.

Impose has photos from Drive Like Jehu’s recent show at the Bell House.

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