A.N. Devers makes the case for Kelly Link.

Here’s the trailer for Sean H. Doyle’s This Must Be The Place.

At Slate: Carl Wilson on Drake and Canada.

There’s a new issue of Guernica out, featuring an interview with agent Chris Parris-Lamb, fiction from Stephen O’Connor, and more.

Tobias Carroll wrote about Jo Walton’s fiction and her notes on genre.

At Pitchfork: a look at a new retrospective collection of Lead Belly.

At NPR, Ann Powers looks at pop music, misanthropy, transgression, and offense.

A look at contemporary politics and science fiction.

Some notes on emo labels, YA fiction, and more.

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