Medium has new writing from Chloe Caldwell.

The shortlist for the Man Booker International prize has been announced.

Elisabeth Donnelly interviewed Nina MacLaughlin about her new book Hammer Head.

“…a dense suite of molten noise-jazz that suggests a deconstructed On the Corner sans funk and horns.” Pitchfork on the new album from Oneida offshoot People of the North.

Abraham Riesman talked romance comics with Janelle Asselin.

If you’re looking for thinkpieces on the 30th anniversary of The Last Dragon, you can find a couple at Grantland and Flixist.

storySouth has new fiction from Kyle Coma-Thompson.

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