Are you in a Muriel Spark novel? Maud Newton has tips for answering that question.

Jason Diamond has a lengthy profile of Lynne Tillman in Flavorwire.

The finalists for the 2014 National Magazine Awards have been announced.

Ruth Curry has thoughts on The Everything Store and Amazon.com at n+1.

Etgar Keret on bad things happening to good characters.

Tin House has an excerpt from Douglas Watson’s new novel, A Moody Fellow Finds Love and Then Dies.

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