At NPR, Gabino Iglesias reviewed Patti Smith’s Year of the Monkey.

The Atlantic explored the reach and power of Sarah M. Broom’s The Yellow House.

Eugene Robinson talked with The Creative Independent.

Carlos Fonseca delved into Mark Haber’s Reinhardt’s Garden at BOMB.

The folks behind Small Beer Press are opening a bookstore in Massachusetts.

At Pitchfork, thoughts on the new Replacements box set.

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