Pitchfork reviewed the new album from The Necks.

Emily St. John Mandel was interviewed at Shelf Awareness.

Kenneth R. Rosen wrote about the history of bulletproof vests at Smithsonian Magazine.

At BookMarks, Rebecca Dinerstein Knight has some book recommendations to share.

Parul Sehgal reviewed Samantha Irby’s Wow, No Thank You.

At Dusted, thoughts on Jon Hassell’s collaboration with Farafina.

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