Chiara Barzini talked with Annie DeWitt at Read It Forward.

At the New York Times, a powerful essay by Nathan Englander on Charlottesville.

Guernica has new writing from Lidia Yuknavitch.

At Electric Literature, the first part of a new Joe Meno story.

Pitchfork talked music with Laura Jane Grace.

At the Chicago Reader, thoughts on Chicago sports and mythology.

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