Sheila Heti conversed with Sloane Crosley at Omnivoracious.

The great avant-garde musician and composer Glenn Branca has died.

Bookshop and journal The Second Shelf is holding a fundraiser on Kickstarter.

At Noisey, Josh Modell has written a moving tribute to Scott Hutchison.

Edie Meidav talked short fiction with Emerging Writers Network.

Jason Diamond wrote about Michael Pollan’s new book for the New Republic.

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