Ta-Nehisi Coates was interviewed at The Guardian.

Diane Cook conversed with Karolina Waclawiak at Electric Literature.

At Vice: Shane Jones on the writings of Joy Williams.

The New Yorker has new poetry from Natalie Eilbert.

From Scott Esposito: The Latin American Mixtape, featuring a long essay on César Aira.

At Entropy: books that have devastated readers.

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