At The New Inquiry, Laurie Penny on Nellie Bly.

Kate Bernheimer discusses fairy tales and real life at NPR.

From the New Yorker‘s archive: Sasha Frere-Jones on Tinariwen.

At The Awl: the case against Kindle Unlimited. (Hint: it involves libraries.)

Stephen Marche and Alexandra Molotkow discuss modern romance at Maisonneuve.

Sam Pink was interviewed at The Austin Review.

There’s poetry from Sasha Fletcher at The Literary Review.

New writing from N. Michelle AuBuchon at Buzzfeed.

Behold: the trailer for Stuart Murdoch’s film God Help the Girl.

The fourth issue of Joyland Retro is out now.

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