Laura Hazard Owen talked Scratch with Manjula Martin.

Min Jin Lee was interviewed at PEN.

There’s a fundraiser underway to bring a new bookstore to the Bronx.

Grayson Haver Currin on the new song by Mount Eerie.

Abraham Riesman on The Young Pope and supervillains.

Kimberly King Parsons has a new essay up at The Towner.

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