Paul Winner: The Art of Fiction No. 176, Amy Hempel (Paris Review)
Excellent interview with author Amy Hempel.
Matthew Gasda: Interview: Music Critic Mark Richardson (The Vitalist)
Brett Bonfield: An Interview with Paul Ford and Gina Trapani (In the Library with the Lead Pipe)
Paul Ford: I don’t really make decisions. Instead, I pick my friends carefully. Then I go where people ask me to go; when no one needs me to go anywhere or do anything I work on longer essays that I’ll publish some day.
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (Hulu)
A great, short profile directed by Spike Jonze
Duncan Cooper: Danny Brown: Coming from Behind (FADER)
Profile of the rising rapper.
Ned Raggett: Disco Inferno (Pitchfork)
‘An oral history of the British experimental rock act's remarkable Five EPs.’
Amos Barshad: The Return of Young Jeezy (Grantland)
A first-hand account of hanging around Young Jeezy for a few days.
The Morning News: This Is Not a George Plimpton Interview
‘Every artist deals with critics differently—Richard Ford spitting on Colson Whitehead, for example. But the rule is to avoid direct contact. Not for John Warner, debut novelist, who decided to seek out the man behind his worst review.’
Honolulu Weekly: Lapwing Takes Flight
My friend Niko Rivas interviewed me and wrote up this great column on my Lapwing EP.
The Times: Come party with Lady Gaga
Humanizing and well-written. Spoiler: she doesn't have a penis.
PingMag: Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex And Marriage In Japan
Interview with author Sumie Kawakami about sexless marriages and the falling birth rate in Japan. Covers a lot of interesting ground, if lightly.
Disquiet: More Songs About Buildings
"Sean Booth of the British duo Autechre talks about just about everything but how he and partner Rob Brown make music."