Aleksandar Hemon on writing in the age of Trump.

At Literary Hub, bidding farewell to BookCourt.

Laurie Penny has set up a Patreon campaign.

There’s a new essay from Morgan Jerkins at Hazlitt on Afrofuturism, Atlantis, and American history.

Judy Berman wrote about the myth of psychedelic banana peels.

At Pitchfork, news of Lushlife’s new ACLU-benefiting mixtape, featuring (among others) Porochista Khakpour.

A live version of Converge’s Jane Doe is on the way.

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