At Largehearted Boy, Tim Mohr created a playlist for his new history of East German punk.

The Millions interviewed Sergio de la Pava.

At The Rumpus, a review of Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights.

Full Stop delved into Hwang Sok-Yong’s Familiar Things.

Tor.com published an excerpt from Thomas Ligotti’s The Conspiracy Against the Human Race.

Ryan North wrote about the idea at the center of his new book How to Invent Everything.

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