Charlotte Brontë was born on this day in 1816.

Gawker has a new essay from Leigh Stein, titled “Bury the Dead.”

At Pitchfork, an excerpt from Amanda Petrusich’s upcoming book on record collectors, focusing on Harry Smith.

Catherine Lacey on writers, artists, and alternative ways of making a living.

The time Anne Waldman and Thurston Moore collaborated on a William Burroughs tribute.

Birds of Lace are running a fundraiser for an upcoming series of chapbooks.

Talking with two of the organizers of the punk festival New York’s Alright.

At Dusted, Bill Meyer reviews the latest from Carla Bozulich.

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