At the New York Times, a look at My Absolute Darling author Gabriel Tallent.

This week marks the 100th anniversary of Jack Kirby’s birth. Jeet Heer wrote about his legacy, and Evan Narcisse interviewed Walt Simonson about Kirby’s work.

BuzzFeed has a new essay by Kiese Laymon.

There’s new writing from Amy Bernhard at Hazlitt.

Sarah Bridgins interviewed Jonathan Reiss at The Rumpus.

At Impose, a new video from Early Riser.

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