“It’s sort of like, “Oh, that’s right, I’m really good at this; I did this for years.”” Katie Hasty talks with Bob Mould about his return to full-on rock.

Tobi Vail chats with Beth Ditto.

Alexander Chee on artists’ colonies.

Courtney Maum on querying agents.

WORD rounds up a number of Dave Tompkins-related links.

Paul Constant on Maria Semple’s novel Where’d You Go, Bernadette.

Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.