Sarah Seltzer on Elisa Albert’s After Birth.

This Trisha Ready essay on reading Susan Sontag amidst cancer treatments is highly recommended.

Roxane Gay has a new column at Fortune.

Samantha Harvey talked Dear Thief with Michele Filgate at Salon.

YA authors share their favorite books for adults.

John Darnielle talked death metal with NPR, and announced a new Mountain Goats album.

An interview with the guy behind the excellent music blog Steel for Brains.

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