Electric Literature talked horror with Victor LaValle.

Pitchfork has a review up of Grouper’s new album Ruins.

Jason Diamond talked facial hair with Nick Offerman.

Jen Doll recommends thirteen seasonally-appropriate books by female writers.

Largehearted Boy has a playlist up from Jesmyn Ward for her book Men We Reaped.

Granta has new writing from Darcy Steinke.

The Puritan checked in with the Toronto literary magazine Little Brother.

“Spawn of Missing Foundation and Throbbing Gristle, filtered through their own cracked aesthetic…” Ora Iso’s Bathcat was reviewed at Dusted.

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