Elizabeth Ellen, interviewed at The Collagist, discusses tornadoes, remixing Blake Butler, and more.

• Lorin Stein on why literary magazines matter.

• Would you like to assist in the commissioning of new work from Noveller’s Sarah Lipstate? (We chatted with Lipstate last year.)

• Bookforum interviews Debt author David Graeber.

• Tavia Nyong’o shares his impressions of the 2012 Pop Conference.

• Gabrielle Gantz chats with The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac‘s Kris D’Agostino.

• Brian Joseph Davis on Joyland’s recent dealings with Amazon.com.

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