Phil Christman pondered Kerry Howley’s new book.

Binc is now accepting applications for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists.

At Defector, changing impressions of a Leonard Cohen song.

John Domini reviewed Khaled Khalifa’s No One Prayed Over Their Graves.

At Dusted, thoughts on the latest album from Mike Watt’s band mssv.

The Guardian published an excerpt from Jay Owens’s book about dust.

A new translation of a Knut Hamsun novel is in the works.

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