“Luminarium is one of those books that is not shy about being about what it’s about, and it’s about plenty: technology, faith, families, war, media, illness, New York, second chances, the aftermath of tragedy, and how grief shapes or even becomes the survivor’s life.” At Bookforum, Justin Taylor on Alex Shakar’s Luminarium.

• At Library Journal, Molly McArdle looks at last week’s multi-author reading of “Bartleby, the Scrivener.”

• At Chapter 16, Susannah Felts reviews Tayari Jones’s novel Silver Sparrow. (Our review is here.)

• Friends of ours have recently launched the literary magazine NY_____; their website can be found here.

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