Kelly Link's amazing writing, and a few other things

I'm having one of those desperate OH GOD I HAVE TO FINISH THIS SECTION dissertation days, which means my brain is all scattery, which means — you guessed it — links.

First, the fabulous Gwenda Bond, describing and collecting the posts in Kelly Link's amazing blog tour in support of Pretty Monsters. Links to Kelly's tour posts are appearing all over Twitter, with very good reason. They're intense and beautiful pieces of writing, and I agree with Gwenda and Colleen Mondor (see the comments on...