The Outlet reports on the launch party for issue 15 of A Public Space.

• “One day I overheard two women who I am pretty sure worked for one of the Condé Nast magazines discussing a coworker who had a weight problem. I remember the conversation was casually vicious. I had an image of the two women being chased by a horde of ravenous obese people, then eaten, and I wanted to write that book.” Nick Antosca provides Book Notes for his novella The Obese.

• Benjamin Sutton looks at the history of protesting the Whitney Biennial.

• At Capital New York, Michaelangelo Matos profiles The Low Times.

• At Beatrice, Peter Straub and Bradford Morrow talk genres, the Gothic, and more.

• On March 20th, Slaughterhouse 90210 will hold its third anniversary party at the Housing Works Bookstore.

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