Mensah Demary interviewed Roxane Gay for Electric Literature.

Hyperallergic has a visual guide to the art of the Second Avenue Subway.

There’s new poetry from Danniel Schoonebeek at BuzzFeed.

James Tadd Adcox on researching his novella Repetition.

At Bloom, an interview with An Honorable Man Paul Vidich.

Butch Vig on the importance of DIY spaces.

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