If you missed last night’s Schomburg Center event with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith, there’s a video archive here.

Eleven writers on how they deal with criticism.

The Atlantic asked the likes of Lena Dunham, Errol Morris, and Jonathan Lethem for their choices for the greatest fictional character ever.

T. Cooper was interviewed for the PEN Ten.

New fiction from James Brubaker at The Collagist.

At Dusted, Jennifer Kelly looks at Lost in the Dream, the new album from The War on Drugs.

Pitchfork on the latest from Atlanta’s The Coathangers.

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