I'm not sure who Bruce Overby's political novel is for, but it wasn't for me.

Before Succession, there was Sherman McCoy. Tom Wolfe's 1987 blockbuster about a Master of the Universe coming apart is still bombastic, nasty fun.

Renata Kazhan's debut might not grab you on first listen, but with the right set and setting, it's a stunner.

Seven tracks from artists you should have on your radar.

Short writing from Elissa Field, Asher Kelsey, Georgia Maull-Keyser, Chris Cottom, James Keith Smith, and Wade Harris

Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.

Fourteen new singles from artists you should have on your radar.

Guest curator Kelli Rule shares stunning writing by Jane Morton, Sophie Nadel, Immaculate Halla, Cate McGowan, Linda M. Bayley, Chris Girman, Ivy Grimes, Christopher Lee Chilton, and Kelli herself.

Ava is a dying AI Home who raised Christopher on love and games of Go—now she has to convince him to leave her, before he never does. By P.A. Cornell.

Short writing by Eric Goldfarb, Keith Woodruff, Wayne McMahon, Emily Rinkema, and P.A. Cornell.

Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.

Locust delivers an album unlike anything you've heard, because you might be too young to remember the 90s.

"His right side has been shaved clean down to that piglet pink skin, and someone has carved Leesh your FUCKING dog with black marker."

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Short hits recent EPs you shouldn't miss: mischa and the bear, UGLIEBOY, and Sex Mask.

The Way Home is a crime novel, sure, but as a writer from The Wire, Pelecanos has a much more nuanced story to tell.

Bonesland is a rude, horny and unflinchingly honest book about coming of age in small-town Australia

A dozen new singles from up-and-coming artists from around the world.

Fantasyland is a soundscape phenomenon that shows you the extent of the art inside Maria Uzor's head.

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Two sisters meet to share shocking secrets over unlimited breadsticks.

New Year's Eve isn't always about new beginnings.

New Year's Eve isn't always about new beginnings.

"The song becomes a whole, but doesn't start as a whole." Toronto power pop duo Bebe and Oona on their new single "Selfish One".

"I write most when things aren’t going especially well because there’s more to process."

Woolbright's sophomore album is about the complexity of difficult relationships, set to dynamic, riveting alt-rock. It's brilliant.

David Grann's story of the search for a lost city of riches in the Amazon is riveting, rollicking and unputdownable. Essential reading.

If you're on this website and you haven't read Rebecca Solnit, change that. Start here.

Eleven songs from emerging artists you should have on your radar.

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Fiction from Kyla Phoenix, Rebecca Klassen, Sarah Bess Jaffe, Kathy Fish, Karen Crawford, Charlie Beckerman

Eclectic, independent new music. Updated every Friday. Apple Music and Spotify.

He grew up in the ghetto, became a global superstar – then gave it all up. Why did he step away from the spotlight?

Pa spent more money on road bikes than on anything else.

On their new album, Baby’s First Pistol have crafted a grimy, neon-lit sound that’s equally at home at a protest and on the dance floor.

Lily Seabird’s latest record burns through the cosmos, through both darkness and flame, in search of someone who will stay. You need to hear it immediately.