Parul Sehgal on the feminist pulp fiction of Virginie Despentes.

“This is a fashion future envisioned as a better, smarter, prettier iteration of what we already recognize as clothing…” Real Life has a new essay by Haley Mlotek.

At Joyland: new nonfiction from Matthew Gavin Frank.

Checking in with J. Ryan Stradal about his new novel.

The latest issue of Storychord has new fiction from Ilene Raymond Rush.

Pitchfork reviewed Alice Bag’s new album.

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