“And what an irresistible bunch of characters she conjures up: star-crossed midwesterners terrifically intimidated by their children and worried about their lawns. They are sweet, in a concussed kind of way. They suffer with great élan.” At Bookforum, Parul Seghal on Lorrie Moore’s Bark.

The Rumpus interviewed Jennifer Senior about her new book All Joy and No Fun.

Lincoln Michel interviewed Adam Wilson at BuzzFeed.

Talking mail art at Hyperallergic.

Liam Heneghen on reading James Thurber in Dublin.

Revisiting the documentary American Movie at The Dissolve.

The Believer and Tin House responded to the recent VIDA Count.

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