(via Rumpus) At The Millions, Sonya Chung writes about the bizarre process of picking out  a cover image for her first novel. (I just went through a similar process, and though I can’t share the image yet, suffice to say it pleases me greatly and I’m eagerly awaiting the day when I can.)

Coldfront has a new Poets Off Poetry, this time authored by the vicious and delightful Erin Belieu.

And a new issue of Trickhouse (#5) is up, featuring an experiment conducted by Brandon Shimoda and Lisa Schumaier. They need you to participate, so you better get over there.

Oh and Slate’s got Katha Pollitt on Edna O’Brien on Lord Byron.