* In case you missed it, excerpts from Backwards City #3 are now online. Check out poems from Martin Arnold, Beth Anne Royer, David Shumate, Melissa Jones Fiori, C.L. Bledsoe, and Debbie Urbanski; the full text of stories from Michael Czyzniejewski and J.G. Brister; a fiction excerpt from Sarah Blackman; a comic from Lindsay Nordell; and art from Bart Vallecoccia. It's a great issue, and there's a lot more in it, including comics and Lynda Barry and what can only be described as the worst literary feud of all time, by Jonathan Lethem and Chris Offutt. I guess what I'm saying is, you really need to subscribe.

In other news:
* The New York Times profiles Deborah Eisenberg, author of the new story collection Twilight of the Superheroes. (via The Elegant Variation)

* It's official: blondes have always had more fun. (via A&L Daily)

* And via Drawn!, a little art. I really love this murderous Donald.