Tiffany Gilbert reviewed Catherine Lacey’s debut novel Nobody is Ever Missing.

In must-read essays for today: Kathleen Hale’s “Prey.”

Edan Lepucki and Julia Fierro talked fiction at Full Stop.

Thoughts on untranslatable words.

Cari Luna interviewed Mira Ptacin.

Jenn Pelly on Typical System, the latest from Total Control.

Ryan Canavan has thoughts on new albums from Young Widows, Helms Alee, and more.

Members of No Age and Pissed Jeans have a new project, called Rat Fist.

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