Marlon James on the concept of “the Great American Novel” and James Ellroy’s American Tabloid.

The longlists for the 2016 Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize have been announced.

Brandon Hobson interviewed Annie DeWitt at The Believer.

At The Guardian, thoughts on Lauren Elkin’s Flâneuse.

Michael J. Seidlinger and Dolan Morgan talked indie publishing and short fiction.

At Tinderbox, a review of Troy James Weaver’s Marigold.

At the Los Angeles Review of Books, a conversation with Sean Carswell.

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