Afternoon Bites: Karen Joy Fowler, Richard Hell Reading, Juliet Escoria’s Mix, Max Brooks Interviewed, and More

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In Bookforum, Johanna Fateman looks at the new collection of essays by Lynne Tillman.

Karen Joy Fowler has won this year’s PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.

Siri Hustvedt’s The Blazing World gets a rave review at Bookmunch.

Interested in watching Richard Hell at The Strand? Bedford + Bowery has you covered.

Juliet Escoria made a mix for Electric Literature.

Elisabeth Donnelly interviewed Max Brooks about his new graphic novel The Harlem Hellfighters.

A look at Withered Hand’s new album New Gods at Dusted.

3 Guys 1 Book debuts 1000 Words, a new feature with the first thousand words of a work of fiction.

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