At the Chicago Review of Books, thoughts on Helen Phillips’s The Need.

Pitchfork reviewed the new album from Shannon Lay.

At Ad Hoc, looking back at the transformative effect of ABC No Rio.

Rob Hart shared some of the things he learned from writing The Warehouse.

The John W. Campbell Award is getting a new name.

At The Quietus, why one filmmaker is making a documentary about Wire.

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