At The Morning News, Kate Brittain writes about what she learned from assembling a directory of independent bookstores.

Kristin Iversen on Anya Ulinich’s Lena Finkle’s Magic Pickle.

NPR has an excerpt up from Jules Feiffer’s new graphic novel.

Sean H. Doyle recorded a song in response to Dolan Morgan’s story “Infestation.”

“We should be reading authors who the authors we like love.” Tiphanie Yanique on reading.

The Pitch talked with the people behind Pioneers Press.

The AV Club looks at the music of Joel RL Phelps.

Notes on books that blend science fiction and detective stories.

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