If you were interested in Alan Moore’s already-notorious “last interview,” then you’ll probably also be interested in the responses made by Laura Sneddon and Will Brooker, both of whom were singled out by Moore for criticism.

If you haven’t read Alan Moore’s (supposed) last interview, I highly recommend it. He defends his League character the Galley-Wag, responds to accusations that he’s “rape-obsessed,” then spends upwards of ten thousand words unloading on Grant Morrison.

Pretty Owl Poetry is a new online journal and they’re looking for submissions. Send them something shameful, they say, or surreal, or a tooth.

Do you explain your poems when you give a reading? Maureen Thorson raises the question.

u mad bruh?

ppl seem mad

i am so not mad

like, at all

like, this is the most fun the lit scene has had in minutes

i mean, have you ever been to a poetry reading?

long live mellow pages!

who do you want to see step in to fill the gap and sponsor mellow pages?

here are my top choices:

1. Hot Topic #teen #mellowgoth
2. Haliburton
3. Red Lobster
4. CHANEL
5. ‘Bojangles Famous Chicken n Biscuits’
6. Sephora
7. Anshan Heavy Duty Mining Machinery Co Ltd
8. Fuddruckers

Suzanne Scanlon’s highlights of 2013, definitely worth your attention.

Suzanne is the author of Promising Young Women (Dorothy, 2012), also worth your attention.

What did you most regret doing in 2013? (or not doing)

Name less than five books published in the last decade that you’d sacrifice all the others for.

Who’s using Medium and do you like it?

Why is this the most charming/refreshing project ever? Is it because it celebrates women writers in a completely earnest, unassuming way? Who knows, I’m just a dude (in skinny jeans) who loves it.

This one is my favorite–