At Hyperallergic, thoughts on Olivia Laing’s Funny Weather.

InsideHook delved into Emily Nemens’s novel The Cactus League.

Billboard revisited Depeche Mode’s Violator at 30.

Percival Everett was interviewed at Full Stop.

Feel like watching the trailer for the TV adaptation of James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird?

Pitchfork reviewed Damien Jurado’s new album.

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