At Largehearted Boy, a playlist from Mike DeCapite.

PEN reported on challenging book bans in Pennsylvania.

LitReactor looked at 2021’s scariest books.

At The Millions, a tribute to the late Gary Paulsen.

The Quietus pondered the new live recording of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme.

What’s it like to translate Tove Ditlevsen? Michael Favala Goldman explains.

At Bookforum, Tamara Shopsin talked LaserWriter II.

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