A new album from Sleater-Kinney is due out next year.

Leigh Stein was interviewed at Slice.

The Quietus talked with Teju Cole about a variety of topics, including his next book.

Neil Gaiman pays tribute to Mary Shelley.

Mark Twain was not a fan of the German language.

St. Louis Public Tadio talked with Dorothy, A Publishing Project.

Dazed on the best queer characters in literature.

At Bookslut: notes on Elizabeth Taylor’s short fiction.

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