In our weekend reading: the art of translating Elena Ferrante, interviews with Sasha Fletcher and Michael Stipe, and more.
Quotable: Dave Eggers on R.E.M.
“for the first four albums, you couldn’t understand much of what Michael Stipe was saying.” – Dave Eggers discusses the iconic (and now broken up) R.E.M. at Salon. Dean Wareham, Mac McCaughan of Superchunk, and Bob Mould also share their thoughts.