Roxane Gay talked with the New York Times Book Review.

Porochista Khakpour wrote about her first novel for Literary Hub.

Mike Scalise has written an essay about humor in literature.

A fundraiser has been announced for the Mark Baumer Sustainability Fund.

Masande Ntshanga was interviewed at The Culture Trip.

Bob Mould talked to NPR about Hüsker Dü’s cover of the theme from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

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