More than 30 stories are included in this year’s "Best Music Writing" collection. Among them: Pitchfork writer Nitsuh Abebe’s reflections on the ever-shifting definition of indie music, and an in-depth profile of Merle Haggard by Rolling Stone’s executive editor, Jason Fine. We talk with Abebe, Fine and the book’s guest editor, Los Angeles Times pop music critic Ann Powers.

Several 2010 contributors will participate in a reading at Southpaw in Brooklyn Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 7 p.m. For more information, please visit the Southpaw web site.