At Refinery29, Karolina Waclawiak wrote about crystal meditation.

Gabino Iglesias has an excellent, moving essay on unemployment and anxiety up at Revolution John.

At Electric Literature: new writing from Tom Cho.

AN Devers wrote about Hobart, New York–a village that’s home to an abundance of bookstores.

At Pitchfork, Michael Barron wrote about Leon Neyfakh’s The Next Next Level.

Molly Rose Quinn interviewed Kathleen Ossip at The Brooklyn Rail.

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