Vulture has news of Eve Babitz’s death. This essay by Matthew Specktor on Babitz is highly recommended.

You can donate to the Brooklyn Book Bodega via Books Are Magic.

At Bandcamp Daily, Marc Masters reviewed Michael Hurley’s new album.

Hyperallergic looked back on bell hooks’s legacy.

Eileen Myles pondered the demolition of East River Park.

At Heavy Feather Review, thoughts on the short fiction of Craig Rodgers.

The Quietus looked back on Laurie Anderson’s Big Science.

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