At Wired: a look at Katherine Dunn’s novel Geek Love at 25.

From the “when smart writers converse” department: Catherine Lacey and Leslie Jamison on a host of topics.

Christopher R. Weingarten reports from this year’s Big Ears Festival.

There’s a new issue of Storychord, guest-edited by Sean H. Doyle, featuring contributions from Michelle Dove and Bells≥.

Jem Cohen was profiled in The Guardian.

Jason Diamond looks at an impressive reinvention of the whiskey and Coke.

Joseph Riippi wrote about Sarah Manguso’s Ongoingness for Electric Literature.

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