At Elle, there’s new writing from Porochista Khakpour.

We Need Diverse Books is holding a fundraiser on Indiegogo.

Jason Diamond went in search of the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, NY.

The cover of Sarah McCarry’s forthcoming novel About a Girl is now up at MTV News.

Emily St. John Mandel was interviewed at PEN.

Jane Hu and Jen Vafidis discussed Taylor Swift’s 1989 at The Hairpin.

The New Republic has a look at bookstores (and literary culture) in the Bronx.

Blake Butler has some reading recommendations for Halloween week.

The time Peter Fonda played drums in Liturgy…

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