There’s a powerful new essay from Mira Jacob up at BuzzFeed.

Vice has an interview with April Ayers Lawson.

Black Candies has new fiction from Jac Jemc.

Justin Taylor recommended a pair of Gary Lutz stories.

Ryan Britt on the legacy of Kurt Vonnegut.

Jonathan Russell Clark on abstraction and literature.

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