Lindsay Hunter takes us through the Chicago literary scene.

Rebecca Mead wrote about Lin-Manuel Miranda for The New Yorker.

Publishers Weekly on the debut of Catapult.

Gabino Iglesias reviewed Jeremy Robert Johnson’s novel Skullcrack City.

At Slate, a look at a newly-discovered novella from Sofiya Tolstoy.

Rachel Syme was interviewed at Adult.

Marc Masters wrote about Obnox’s Boogalou Reed for Pitchfork.

Jenn Northington on the new Kelly Link collection Get in Trouble.

Aaron Gilbreath wrote about sleeping in a capsule hotel.

Chastity Belt’s Lydia Lund was interviewed at She Shreds.

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