Willa Cather was born on this day in 1873.

Sarah McCarry was interviewed by Mairead Case at The Rumpus.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares what she’s been reading this year.

Ad Hoc talked with Owen Williams of Joanna Gruesome.

Looking at a new biography of Lucian Freud.

There is a pizza-themed Velvet Underground cover band called The Pizza Underground.

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