Ariel Gore put together a playlist for her book We Were Witches.

At Hazlitt, a fantastic and moving Fiona Apple-inspired essay by Patty Yumi Cottrell.

Guernica reviewed Laurent Binet’s The Seventh Function of Language.

Jim Ruland wrote about the new collection by Ben Loory.

Gabino Iglesias makes the case against literary submission fees.

October talked beer with the members of Protomartyr.

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