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Two of the minds behind The Boys and Second Coming have joined forces for an ambitious new sci-fi satire called The Forgotten Divine. Check out our exclusive preview: bit.ly/4vCgOiI

Fanbase Press' 06/11/26 newsletter: Interviews with @Manruss (@AhoyComicMags) and Claus Daniel Herrmann (@OniPress), the Release of Fanbase Press' SHRUB Issue #1 on @hooplaDigital and ComicsPlus, & more! This Month's Sponsor: Green Archer Comics mailchi.mp/fanbasepress/welc…

SCAVENGING BEAUTY by Angelica Glass, out July 7 from @riverheadbooks, is featured on @ocregister's nonfiction summer reading roundup: ocregister.com/2026/05/25/20…

Here’s everything ‘Infinite Jest’ got right 30 years ago about life in 2026 f-st.co/3oh8rzA

The hottest summer reading trends according to @lithub, including "the DFW Renaissance" as Limousine Readings tackles INFINITE JEST: lithub.com/five-summer-readi…

Author @KaylaRWhitaker discusses her recent novel “Returns and Exchanges" (@penguinrandom, 2026) in which the American Dream is sold as-is, damage included with writer Greg Mania. bit.ly/49PkPrO

SAFE PASSAGE by Evelyn Iritani was named one of @NewYorker's Best Books of 2026 So Far! See the complete list here: newyorker.com/best-books-202…

.@Fanbase_Press' @barbrajdillon Interviews @Manruss on the Launch of @AhoyComicMags First-Ever @Kickstarter Campaign for the Sci-Fi Series, ‘The Forgotten Divine’ fanbasepress.com/press/inter…

Listen to @zadri discuss THE VIOLENCE on @905wesa wesanews.org/arts-culture/20…

INFINITE JEST comes in at #31 on @guardian's list of "Readers’ top 100 novels of all time" theguardian.com/books/ng-int…

“Both a canny procedural and a heartfelt ode to the trials and triumphs of motherhood.” — @PublishersWkly on @JaimeStickle's TAKE HART, out this August from Thomas and Mercer! publishersweekly.com/9781662…

USA. A potluck. Everyone brings one dish. I have never been so out of my depth in my life. I was invited to a gathering. "Just bring a dish to share," they said. Simple words. I did not sleep for three days. Because I understood instantly what this was. A summit. Every guest, a lord of their own house, arriving bearing tribute. And tribute is judged. Tribute is ranked. To bring the wrong dish to the wrong table is to fall in standing before your peers, possibly forever. So I prepared. I made my finest dish. I carried it to the door with two hands and a straight back, braced for the weighing of my worth. The first lord arrived with a bowl of orange powder noodles. Macaroni and cheese. The crowd roared. He set it down at the center of the table. The CENTER. I noted this. The center is the seat of power. The second lord brought a tower of small brown meat orbs in red sauce. "Meatballs," he announced, like a man laying down a sword. They were placed beside the macaroni. A strong showing. An alliance, perhaps. I studied the table like a battlefield map. Potato salad: defensive, reliable, old money. A vegetable tray, untouched, clearly a hostage offering no one expected to win. And then a woman walked in, raised a flat box overhead, and the entire room turned and CHEERED. Pizza. She had brought pizza. Store-bought. Still in the box. I was stunned. She had not even cooked it. And yet the people rejoiced as if a king had entered. I revised my entire understanding of the hierarchy on the spot. Effort means nothing here. Only the roar of the crowd decides rank. I placed my dish down, humbly, near the napkins. A peasant's position. I accepted it. And then a man tapped my shoulder, pointed at my dish, and said the words that changed everything. "Whoa, did you make this? This is amazing. Everybody, you GOTTA try this guy's thing." The room turned. The room came. The room ATE. My dish vanished in ninety seconds. The pizza woman herself took a second helping and looked at me with respect. I had won the summit. By accident. With a dish I placed by the napkins. I understand nothing about this country. I have never been happier. I am hosting the next one. So tell me, America. Is there a system to the potluck? A secret rank? A hidden law? I have decided there is not. You just bring the thing you love, and everyone eats it, and somehow everybody wins. It is the most insane way to hold a war. I will fight in every single one.

The sleek elegance of Spider-Man’s black costume. The snarling rage of Punisher. The sweeping, cinematic scope of Secret Wars. Mike Zeck’s art is a joy to behold. spfanpodcast.substack.com/p/…

Congratulations to @KaylaRWhitaker: RETURNS AND EXCHANGES is a @USATODAY Best-selling Book! Out now from @randomhouse #returnsandexchanges #bestseller

Pizza Hut Reading Challenge is back with Book It! For kids Pre-k - 6th grade! bookitprogram.com/?utm_sourc…

Publishers Bid Farewell to Stephen Colbert publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t…

Unico is back! UNICO: LOST (Vol. 3) by Samuel Sattin In Shops July! @Scholastic ow.ly/Yy9J50Z3jsl

When Pigs Fly and other Barnyard Idioms merriam-webster.com/wordplay… via @MerriamWebster

L.A. Material is HIRING. We're looking for an excellent and organized editor. Come help us build something rigorous and revelatory and original and fun! We're having the best time. Details here: lamaterial.com/jobs-editor

New essay from @KaylaRWhitaker for @lithub! lithub.com/why-as-writers-do…