A pair of looks at the twentieth anniversary of Elliott Smith’s Roman Candle: one from Jillian Mapes at Flavorwire, and the other from William Todd Schultz at Salon.

There’s new fiction from Dolan Morgan at The Ampersand Review.

Chris Randle talked with Bryan Lee O’Malley, at Slate.

How Ukrainian science fiction writers predicted their country’s current conflict.

Brooklyn Poets has a poem from and interview with Morgan Parker.

Feel like listening to Scott McClanahan and Noah Cicero interviewed?

The Portland Mercury‘s Alison Hallett has a guide to open mic comedy nights for the uninitiated.

Pitchfork looks at Castle Face’s Live in San Francisco series of albums.

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