Paul Beatty, Maggie Nelson, and Margo Jefferson are among the winners of this year’s National Book Critics Circle Awards.

Darryl Pinckney and Zadie Smith, in conversation at the NYPL.

Writers such as Nikesh Shukla and Sarah McCarry took part in this discussion of publishing and diversity.

The process of designing a Hamlet-inspired video game.

Time Out New York on NYC’s best small presses.

A number of authors discuss the subgenres they love.

Jayson Greene on what revisions to The Life of Pablo mean.

Checking in with Danielle Dutton at Broadly.

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