At The Quietus, thoughts on Grouper’s new album Shade.

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is holding a 30th anniversary event later this month.

Daniel Felsenthal pondered Joy Williams’s Harrow at the Village Voice.

Aquarium Drunkard pondered the music of David Kilgour.

Helen Rosner interviewed Rebecca Solnit at The New Yorker.

Identity Theory hosted a conversation on short stories between E.C. Osondu and Kasimma.

At Granta, new writing by Kathryn Scanlan.

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