Vice has a new short story from Roxane Gay.

Entertainment Weekly on Emma Straub’s Brooklyn bookstore plans.

Brandon Stosuy has an excellent essay on DIY spaces.

At Hazlitt, Rhiannon Russell wrote about “dark tourism” and hiking the Chilkoot trailhead.

Matthew Zapruder on poetry in times of crisis.

At Pitchfork, Stuart Berman reviewed the new Rolling Stones album.

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