At The Atlantic: Nathaniel Rich on Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant.

Megan Stielstra on Chicago’s mayoral election.

Paula Bomer interviewed Elisa Albert at Full Stop.

Michele Filgate reviewed Magda Szabó’s The Door for the Boston Globe.

Feel like reading a writing exercise from Halle Butler?

Checking in with Mohsin Hamid at OZY.

Talking small presses with Michael J Seidlinger of Civil Coping Mechanisms.

Nick Curley makes the case for cognac.

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