Elisabeth Donnelly talked with Laurie Penny about her book Unspeakable Things.

Kelefa Sanneh on Chris Rock, in The New Yorker.

Jason Diamond hung out with Iggy Pop in Miami.

Zachary Lipez wrote the only horror story about the Sour Patch House you’ll need to read.

Guernica‘s Lisa Lucas was interviewed at PEN.

Sasha Fletcher and Monica McLure talked craft at The Fanzine.

Michael McGriff and J.M. Tyree put together a Book Notes playlist for Our Secret Life in the Movies.

At Wondering Sound, Jayson Greene wrote about Steve Gunn, whose new album Way Out Weather is terrific.

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