At the New Republic, thoughts on Lynda Barry’s Making Comics.

Jeff Jackson talked fiction with David Leo Rice.

Matthew Keeley reviewed a new collection of John Crowley’s short stories.

At CrimeReads, exploring the place where Tom Waits and noir converge.

Pitchfork reviewed the new album from Anne Müller.

Aquarium Drunkard talked with ambient veteran Mark Nelson.

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