“‪I didn’t plan to write fiction about Russia. But I did find myself writing a few stories about Russia in grad school. I wasn’t just writing about Russia, though. I’m interested in the way people feel like outsiders or foreigners. I’ve felt like an outsider for much of my life.” Elliott Holt was interviewed at The Rumpus.

Hanging out with Sherman Alexie, Jonathan Evison, and Jess Walter at the launch of Pharos Editions.

Rob Spillman on David Markson.

Blake Schwarzenbach and The Thermals were interviewed on the latest edition of The Low Times Podcast.

Elisabeth Donnelly on state capitals.

Referenced by Brandon Stosuy in his review of Deafheaven’s Sunbather: Fuck Buttons, MBV.  J. Crew.

A look at the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Radio Free Albemuth.

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