There’s an excerpt from Manuel Gonzales’s fantastic novel The Regional Office Is Under Attack! up now at BuzzFeed.

Rosie Schaap explores the world of Shakespearean cocktails.

More remembrances of Prince from Ann Powers, Michaelangelo Matos, and Simon Price.

Margaret Eby on flash tattoo art, at Men’s Journal.

At CNQ: a new essay from Emily Donaldson.

Joyland has posted an excerpt from Andrew F. Sullivan’s novel Waste.

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