Revisiting a rare Alex Chilton recording at Dusted.

The Nervous Breakdown has an excerpt from Naomi Jackson’s The Star Side of Bird Hill.

Checking in with Royal Headache at Grantland.

The Brooklyn Quarterly reports on a Words After War reading.

At Pitchfork: a look at Jackson C. Frank’s body of work.

Recommended Reading has an excerpt from Alexandra Kleeman’s new book.

New writing from Nathan Knapp at The Millions.

Dead End Follies previews fall books.

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