Stuart Nadler and Emma Straub discussed their recent novels.

“As much as Eddy Current is sort of a modern day Don Quixote, it’s definitely a superhero origin story, even if it mocks its own forebears.” On Ted McKeever’s Eddy Current.

Jess Row on Jamaica Kincaid’s See Now Then.

Kevin Sampsell’s “Three Kisses” is up now at Tin House.

Policymic has some recommended reading for Black History Month.

“There’s a sense of the Bad Seeds expanding their sound and unlearning it at the same time.” Stuart Berman on the latest album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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