At The Atlantic, thoughts on Sayaka Murata’s novel Earthlings.

Pigeon Pages is holding an essay contest judged by Morgan Jerkins.

The long list for the Aspen Words Literary Prize has been announced.

Pitchfork delved into the Pylon retrospective collection Pylon Box.

The Millions talked Memorial with Bryan Washington.

At T Magazine, there’s new fiction by Alexander Chee.

Matt E. Lewis reviewed the anthology Tiny Nightmares at HorrorDNA.

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