At Electric Literature, looking back at Octavia E. Butler’s “Speech Sounds.”

The Brooklyn Book Bodega is working to increase the number of 100+ book homes for kids in New York City.

At Kickstarter, the founder of Cake Shop is raising money for a new venture.

Vulture reviewed Sasha Geffen’s new book on gender and pop music.

At Pitchfork, thoughts on Sarah Pinsker’s prescient A Song For a New Day.

The Line Up explored the bibliography of Stephen Graham Jones.

Bandcamp makes the case for New Orleans punk band Special Interest.

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