Electric Literature talked The Grip of It with Jac Jemc.

Longreads has new sphinx-centric nonfiction by Colin Dickey.

Brandon Stosuy was interviewed at The Rumpus.

At the New York Times, Julian Lucas looked at literary family sagas.

BuzzFeed has an excerpt from Jesmyn Ward’s new novel.

Greenlight’s Rebecca Fitting wrote about politics and curation.

At The Ringer, Lindsay Zoladz wrote about the future of emo.

Delving into the history of the Horizons music festival.

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