R. O. Kwon talked food with Grub Street.

Nylon has published an essay by Amanda Mull about hair, geography, and society.

Slant talked with Raúl Castillo about adapting Justin Torres’s We the Animals for the screen.

X-R-A-Y published new fiction by Leland Cheuk.

Publishers Weekly reviewed Jeff Jackson’s forthcoming novel Destroy All Monsters.

At Pitchfork, thoughts on the new album by The Necks.

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