At Broadly: notes on Stacy Schiff’s new book.

There is a Kickstarter up for a documentary about Maya Angelou.

Caryn Rose on a newly-released Johnny Thunders live album.

At The New Republic: “The Untold History of African-American Cookbooks.”

Catapult has an interview with the co-owner of Manhattan’s Mystic Corner.

At American Short Fiction: new writing from Carmiel Banasky.

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