Mira Jacob discussed writing and Boerum Hill with Isaac Fitzgerald.

You can donate books to Books Through Bars via their website.

At Pitchfork, Zachary Lipez revisited the Birthday Party’s Junkyard.

Tor.com pondered Maria Dahvana Headley’s new translation of Beowulf.

Aaron Gilbreath unearthed the history of the Seattle band The Macs.

There’s new fiction by Stephanie Jiminez at Assignment.

At Bookmunch, thoughts on Yūko Tsushima’s Woman Running in the Mountains.

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