Meg Wolitzer’s Belzhar was reviewed at Slate.

Time Out New York has new fiction from nine writers, including Alexander Chee, Julia Wertz, Sasha Fletcher, Julia Fierro, and Marie-Helene Bertino.

Elif Batuman wrote about Gone Girl and changing perceptions of marriage for The New Yorker.

Aaron Leitko has good things to say about Ex Hex’s debut album Rips at Pitchfork.

The Rumpus interviewed Sean Michaels about his book Us Conductors.

At Guernica, Rob Spillman wrote about novels by Jeffery Renard Allen and Ben Lerner.

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