William Faulkner was born on this day in 1897.

Pitchfork reviewed John Darnielle’s Wolf in White Van. Does it receive the vaunted “Best New Fiction” designation? You’ll have to see for yourself.

Jen Doll looked into the origins of Christine Heppermann’s new collection of feminist retellings of fairy tales.

PEN has a series of interviews up with the Robert W. Bingham Prize finalists.

Electric Literature has an excerpt from Nell Zink’s novel The Wallcreeper. Zink also wrote about WorldCon for n+1.

The time Marianne Faithful worked with Nick Cave on new music.

David Mitchell selected his five favorite Japanese novels.

English Kills Review has a recap of our event at Greenlight Bookstore with Luke B. Goebel.

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