At FiveThirtyEight, Emily St. John Mandel explores why so many books have “girl” in the title.

Guernica interviewed Paul Beatty.

Ploughshares explores the literature of Wyoming.

At BuzzFeed, a new short story by Etgar Keret.

Signature has some thoughts on the life of (and memoir by) Marina Abramovic.

At The Culture Trip, a trio of reviews from Michael Barron.

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