A look at the discovery of the screenplay for the film adaptation of Play It As It Lays.

At The Fanzine, Jeff Jackson makes some cultural recommendations.

New writing from S.D. Chrostowska at BOMB.

Jason Diamond on the history of Air Jordans.

At Tor.com: an excerpt from a new novel by Cixin Liu.

Talking the Seattle Review of Books with Paul Constant.

Adrian Van Young on horror and the problematic legacy of H.P. Lovecraft.

Brenna Ehrlich talked with Seattle’s Tacocat.

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