Slate has an excerpt up from Haruki Murakami’s forthcoming novel.

Here are this year’s PEN Literary Award winners.

New writing from Ian Svenonius in Jacobin.

At Fuse, Maria Sherman interviewed Harvey Danger’s Sean Nelson.

Sarah McCarry discussed diversity and science fiction with Charles Tan.

Nick Harkaway discusses Tigerman and fatherhood.

Caryn Rose wrote about the origins of her book A Whole New Ballgame.

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