Stacked Interiors Interior design shows are all the rage, but rarely do the revised kitchens and dens beg the question: can rooms have souls? Artist Franziska Sinn brings us a gallery from Berlin of rearranged interiors.

Birnbaum v. Joyce Carol Oates What would a 1950s family near Niagra Falls say about an episode of the Sopranos? Why does America so easily forget its ordinary heroes? The prolific Robert Birnbaum talks with the prolific Joyce Carol Oates about her most recent novel, why she loves to teach, and how many other books are gestating in her desk.

On Cutting Ti-Gers in Half and Understanding Narravation “So what kind of music do the Candy Bars make? Here’s a stab: menacing chamber blues.”

The Man Who Was Hook Nothing says Halloween like a gutted teenager, or some other urban legend told around the candy bag. But hasn’t everyone already heard the ending? The Writers and Editors band together for a dozen new ways to finish your story.