Scott Cheshire wrote about the surreal fiction of Sara Gallardo.

The Paris Review discussed the women working in the world of rare books.

There’s a fundraiser going on for new Los Angeles bookstore The Lev.

Steve Albini wrote about food for Grub Street.

Tor.com published an excerpt from Nicole Kornher-Stace’s Latchkey.

Pitchfork reviewed the new album by Alex Zhang Hungtai.

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