Jaime Fountaine interviewed Lindsay Hunter at Fanzine.

Patti Smith has written a moving remembrance of Sam Shepard.

Mike Powell revisited Silver Jews’ American Water at Pitchfork.

Talking writing with Constance Ann Fitzgerald.

Digital Media Ghost interviewed Gabino Iglesias. Iglesias’s review of Alex Segura’s new novel is up at Verbicide.

Damon Krukowski has a new podcast debuting this week.

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