Trisha Low talked with Sarah Gerard for BOMB.

Ta-Nehisi Coates was interviewed at Vox.

Mairead Case’s new column considers the work of Susan Howe.

Jim Ruland on Aaron Burch’s collection Backswing.

Melissa Holbrooke Pierson reviewed Geoff Dyer’s Another Great Day at Sea for The Daily Beast.

Beca Grimm on Hamilton Leithauser’s Black Hours.

Pitchfork looks at highlights in the world of World Cup songs.

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