Matt Bell was interviewed at Kirkus.

Ta-Nehisi Coates was interviewed at Vox.

Checking in with Kate Beaton at Vulture; related: Broadly has an excerpt up from her new collection.

New writing on craft from Can Xue.

Lisa Lucas was interviewed about her work with the Brooklyn Book Festival.

Joyland has new fiction from Kristen Arnett.

Theodore Ross wrote about cheating and getting ahead in publishing.

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