Jonathan Lethem wrote about conspiracies for The Paris Review.

Nisi Shawl explored Martin R. Delany’s role in science fiction history.

There’s a new essay by Gabrielle Bellot at the New York Review of Books.

Powell’s has published a new essay by Tommy Pico.

A long-shelved Aretha Franklin documentary is being released.

Literary Hub published an excerpt from Jenny Hval’s novel Paradise Rot.

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