At Pitchfork, Hilton Als interviewed Sonny Rollins.

Vulture talked with George Saunders about his forthcoming novel.

Viet Thanh Nguyen wrote about winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

At Powell’s, John Doe put together a playlist for his book Under the Big Black Sun.

Esther Wang wrote about the importance of telling new stories about China.

Checking in with Zachary Lipez, who wrote about the Ramones exhibit at the Queens Museum for Vice.

Alex McElroy reviewed Emiliya Dvoryanova’s Concerto for Sentence.

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