It’s Independent Bookstore Day! At Literary Hub, Celeste Ng wrote about their importance.

BOMB has published new writing by Kate Zambreno.

Hyperallergic talked with Samanta Helou-Hernandez about her photography.

A cinematic adaptation of a Laura van den Berg story is in the works.

Ben Ratliff talked with Grouper at Pitchfork.

Helen Rosner visited an MSG factory for The New Yorker.

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