Mairead Case wrote about Kathy Acker for Bookslut.

At The New Yorker, Michelle Orange looks at the interwoven legacies of Kim Gordon and Kurt Cobain.

Margaret Eby interviewed Robert Christgau for Brooklyn Magazine.

Michael Schaub reviewed Paul Beatty’s The Sellout for NPR.

Nick Offerman will star in a stage version of A Confederacy of Dunces.

Here’s some news on the Idris Elba-starring adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala’s novel Beasts of No Nation.

Andy Beta delves into the world of Italo Disco.

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