At Rookie, Zadie Smith wrote about diaries.

xTx was interviewed at Nerve.

At Guernica, a look at Afrika Bambaataa’s legacy.

Jim Ruland reviewed Tom McCarthy’s new book Satin Island.

Mike McGonigal on the music of Dorothy Ashby.

The latest issue of Word Riot is up.

Here’s a look at an exhibit of photographs by Martin Sorrondeguy and Chrissy Piper.

Alissa Nutting wrote about the latest from Sara Woods.

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