The National Book Award nominees have been announced.

Richard Flanagan has won this year’s Man Booker Prize; here’s Melissa Holbrook Pierson on his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Sari Botton discussed the new anthology Never Can Say Goodbye on Soundcheck.

Making the case for Nell Zink’s The Wallcreeper over at Flavorwire.

Tobias Carroll reviewed Brian Morton’s Florence Gordon.

Timothy Willis Sanders was interviewed at The Fanzine.

Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy is 20 and being re-released.

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