OZY has a look at why José Saramango’s Blindness is worth revisiting in 2017.

Ashley P. Taylor has new fiction published at Joyland.

Mississippi’s Violet Valley Bookstore is running a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter.

Gabrielle Paiella makes the case for A Pattern Language.

Matthew Salesses on the importance of teaching non-western traditions.

The people behind The Neu Jorker have created a magazine parodying an abundance of other magazines, and also Paul Ryan.

Dangerous Minds has a preview of Sub Pop’s forthcoming U-Men anthology.

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