The Rumpus talked writing with Jonathan Escoffery.

PEN announced a series of events for Banned Books Week.

At Vox, thoughts on Kate Beaton’s Ducks.

The lineup of New Yorker Festival events has been announced.

At The Quietus, an interview with the Mars Volta.

Adam Gopnik revisited the writings of Georges Simenon.

Dusted delved into Elkhorn’s latest album.

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