Sarah Gerard’s forthcoming essay collection has an excellent and very Floridian cover.

The Times has new nonfiction from Rosie Schaap, delving back into Irish history.

Brit Bennett wrote about Colson Whitehead’s new novel and narratives of slavery.

Michele Filgate interviewed Nadja Spiegelman for the Barnes & Noble Review.

Sabra Embury has new fiction up at Fanzine.

A dispatch from Elvis Costello and Mary-Louise Parker’s recent literary event in NYC.

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