Lynne Tillman made a playlist for her novel Men and Apparitions.

At Pacific Standard, a host of writers wrote about the United States’s states, districts, and territories.

The Quietus talked about the music of The Necks with The Necks.

Doreen St. Félix wrote about the art of Deana Lawson.

Tori Telfer explored the internet’s fixation on Erzsébet Báthory at CrimeReads.

At Dusted, thoughts on Yo La Tengo’s new album.

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