Rio Amilcar Scott conversed with Bro. Yao at The Critical Flame.

Randa Jarrar put together a playlist for her collection Him, Me, Muhammad Ali.

Maria Semple and other writers shared the books that made them laugh.

There’s writing from Nada Alic in the new issue of Storychord.

Rich Ferguson’s novel New Jersey Me has a book trailer.

At Tor.com, a look at where science fiction and medicine converge.

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