BuzzFeed has a powerful new essay by Kaitlyn Greenidge.

Elisabeth Donnelly and Stuart Sherman on their literary trip to Cuba.

Caryn Rose on the new biography of The Replacements.

Ali Eteraz on the difficulty of getting Arabic books in America.

On April 21, Joyland is hosting a panel with Chloe Caldwell, Anna North, Emily Schultz, and Jenny Zhang, moderated by Isaac Fitzgerald.

The Los Angeles Review of Books has a review of the new Samuel R. Delany tribute anthology Stories For Chip.

Scott Alexander Hess talked with Joseph Salvatore at The Brooklyn Rail.

At Hyperallergic, Jillian Steinhauser wrote about Dave Hickey’s new book on female artists.

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