At Locus, thoughts on Kay Chronister’s Desert Creatures.

The National Book Foundation announced its strategic plan for the next three years.

LitReactor delved into a new anthology of notable horror.

Dusted reviewed the new album from Plains.

Isaac Fitzgerald chatted with Stephanie Foo at Walk It Off.

Hyperallergic wrote about a series of murals at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

At Bookmunch, revisiting Charles Burns’s Black Hole.

Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and sign up for our mailing list.