Behold: a new essay from Jac Jemc.

The longlist for this year’s Man Booker Prize has been announced.

Naomi Jackson will be teaching a course at Catapult later this month.

The Rumpus has an interview with Rob Roberge.

Chris Rock and Ice-T revisited the making of New Jack City.

Literary Hub has new poetry from Dorothea Lasky.

Necessary Fiction has a review of Patrick Wensink’s Fake Fruit Factory.

At MTV: Brian Phillips on classical conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

At The Common: a review of Noy Holland’s new novel.

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