“…part of how I learned to write was by studying his poems to the point of transcribing them into notebooks to see how it felt to write down lines like these.” John Darnielle on John Berryman.

Nelson George wrote a book about the cultural impact of Soul Train, and talked with Pitchfork about it.

What’s happening with the Amtrak residency for writers?

Casey N. Cep on the books of her exes.

Courtney Maum on the 24-hour life of her Instagram account.

Paste talked with John Cale at this year’s Big Ears Festival.

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