Salon talked with Ann and Jeff VanderMeer about the new science fiction anthology that they edited.

There is now a petition asking Google to restore Dennis Cooper’s blog and email account.

Leesa Cross-Smith interviewed Aaron Burch for Whiskeypaper.

At The Atlantic: why small presses are important.

There’s new writing from Victor LaValle at A Public Space.

Pitchfork reviewed Hit Reset, the new album by The Julie Ruin.

Michael Griffin on Gabino Iglesias’s Zero Saints.

At Flood: a history of The Feelies.

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