Pitchfork has an excerpt up from Jenn Pelly’s book on The Raincoats.

There’s new fiction from Ben Marcus at The New Yorker.

At Tor.com, remembering the life and work of Kit Reed.

Pilot Viruet wrote about the best comedy film that never happened.

David Naimon talked fiction and inspiration with Peter Rock.

At Quarterly Conversation, revisiting some newly-reissued novels by Gary Indiana.

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