Largehearted Boy featured a playlist from Te-Ping Chen.

Cave Canem launched Notebooks & Pens, an intriguing new way to support their mission.

The Rumpus reviewed Yaa Gyasi’s novel Transcendent Kingdom.

At On the Seawall, thoughts on Jonathan Buckley’s Live; live; live.

What happens when a fighting video game includes some of your favorite writers?

The Los Angeles Review of Books interviewed Femi Kayode.

At The Quietus, an overview of the music of Gary Lucas.

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