Slate has a selection of Christopher Payne’s striking photos of New York’s North Brother Island.

James McBride was interviewed at New York.

Maud Newton wrote about Colson Whitehead’s The Noble Hustle.

The Criterion Collection is releasing All That Jazz with an accompanying Hilton Als essay.

Norman Lock talked with NPR about his new novel, The Boy in His Winter.

Scott Cheshire interviewed Julia Fierro for the Tottenville Review.

Thoughts on Sophie Calle’s Rachel, Monique at Hyperallergic.

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