Dismay aside, / to what extent / could we always have seen it coming

A missive on Wolk’s Sourdough.

For Rick Sminks.

Does what animals feel bear some resemblance to what we feel?

We’ll celebrate Wendy Bourgeois’ essay collection at Boys Fort.

The Portland writer’s memoir of detainment is new from Perfect Day Publishing.

His article on the Oregon Episcopal School disaster appears in the current issue of Outside magazine.

The Albequerque International Balloon Fiesta delivers.

When help isn’t helping.

The Devil Says Maybe I Like It is available for pre-order now.

On the body as a sacred space.

Brian Padian updates us on his next feature, Sister/Brother.

Five months of Keith Burris editing the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Dan DeWeese and Daniel Quantz discuss Gielgud at Book Soup November 30th.

Wanda and the life of an actual woman.

Watching The Entity after #MeToo.

Between the Covers host David Naimon talks with John Keene.

In an age of critical excess, is there freedom in the everyday?

Notes on Alice Notley’s Live in Seattle from Fonograf Records.

Blow-Up’s investigation of surveillance and male delusion is even more relevant now than it was in 1966.

Between the Covers host David Naimon talks with Leni Zumas about her new book, Red Clocks.

A New York Times business writer stiffs valets, makes his wife and friends pay, and calls it futurism.

Fifty years of teaching and writing with Ursula K. Le Guin.

the editorial staff refuses to work on album bracketology proceed at your own risk