At Hazlitt, Michael LaPointe wrote about the history of Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball.

Shelly Oria and Alice Sola Kim have collaborated on a new story.

Jason Diamond assembled a literary mixtape for Electric Literature.

The Millions has debuted a membership program.

Jeffrey Ford has a new novella coming out via Tor.com.

Penguin Random House is donating books to the communities of people who request them.

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