The Creative Independent interviewed David Byrne.

Ezra Glinter on the fights over Yiddish pulp fiction.

The longlist for the first annual Jhalak Prize has been announced.

At the Los Angeles Times: how the National Book Foundation is combating “book deserts.”

Scaachi Koul looks back on reading A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Checking in with postpunk duo Uniform at CLRVYNT.

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