Literary Hub published new nonfiction from Saeed Jones, whose memoir is out today.

The finalists for this year’s National Book Awards have been announced. Congratulations to Sunday Stories alumnus Julia Phillips!

Tough Poets Press is publishing a new edition of Patricia Eakins’s The Hungry Girls and Other Stories.

Pitchfork reviewed the latest album from Wilco.

Sarah Pinsker recommended science fiction and fantasy about music at Electric Literature.

At The Quietus, thoughts on the new album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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