At Largehearted Boy, Tommy Pico put together a Nature Poem playlist.

Porochista Khakpour has a fantastic new essay at Catapult.

BuzzFeed previewed the summer’s most anticipated books.

There’s new fiction by Bud Smith at PANK.

Pitchfork interviewed Sufjan Stevens about politics and collaborations.

Scott Esposito talked translation and poetry with Jeffrey Angles.

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