At Literary Hub, a roundtable discussion of the writings of João Gilberto Noll.

Here’s an excerpt from Tayari Jones’s new novel.

Brandon Taylor has a new essay about depression, Elizabeth Bishop, and Stevie Nicks.

Kurt Baumeister put together a Pax Americana playlist for Largehearted Boy.

Checking in with Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib.

At The New Yorker, a look at the closing of the Angelica Kitchen.

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