“I began working on a novel in order to come to an understanding of what was happening in our country. Why were we so afraid? And how had fear led us to war?” –Joe Meno writes about Kurt Vonnegut’s influence on his own work.

• Amelia Gray and Jac Jemc share their top five Phil Collins songs. (Kind of.) Ms. Jemc was also recently interviewed by HTML Giant; topics include Russian actors, rejection letters, and places to go in Chicago.

• The online journal BULL is a finalist to win a lot of money from Dockers. More information can be found here.

• The Batman/Jorge Luis Borges team-up you never expected. (via David Uzumeri)

•  Let’s submerge into this very solid tribute to Poly Sterene at Mishka Bloglin.