In our morning reading: new music from saxophonist Kamasi Washington, essential new writing from Ta-Nehisi Coates, interviews with Jarboe and Karl Ove Knausgaard, new writing from Jacob Wren, and more.
In our afternoon reading: Chicago’s AACM at 50, revisiting a Neil Gaiman-written comic, a review of the Bedhead box set, and much more.
This Thursday afternoon, we’re reading an interview with Sheila Heti, poems from Juliet Escoria, Rob Spillman’s essay on Miranda July, and much more.
New music from Mount Eerie, a look at what fiction can learn from comedy, new writing from Karl Ove Knausgaard and Meredith Graves, notes on Sarah Gerard’s new novel, and more.
In our Thursday morning reading: interviews with Jenny Offill, Meline Toumani, and Karl Ove Knausgård; David Byrne on duets; with the dead; notes on some Modest Mouse reissues; fiction from Matt Bell; and more.
A playlist from Dmitry Samarov, Emily Gould recommends books, notes on a Highsmith adaptation, revisiting Burn After Reading, and more.
Interviews with Tommy Pico, Karl Ove Knausgård, and Daniel Mendelsohn; recommended reading from Blake Butler; new writing from Bruce Sterline and Edan Lepucki, and more.
An interview with Rivka Galchen, and a review of her latest; thoughts on Julianna Barwick’s new EP and Ariel Schrag’s new novel; talking with debut novelists, a profile of Sean Michaels, and more.