Thoughts on the latest book from Jonathan Baumbach at Heavy Feather Review.

The finalists for the 2017 PEN Literary Awards have been announced.

Here’s new poetry from Lisa Locascio.

Evan Narcisse on parenthood, superheroes, and history.

Jonathan Reiss’s book Getting Off is due out later this year.

At Hyperallergic, notes on the end of a DIY space in Denver.

Pitchfork has a review of the new Sheer Mag compilation LP.

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