Viet Thanh Nguyen wrote about the problem with writers’ workshops for the New York Times.

Margaret Eby on the enduring power of The Outsiders.

At Literary Hub, a report from this year’s PEN Gala.

Abraham Riesman talked with Neil Gaiman for Vulture.

At Vox, Omar El Akkad discussed his new novel American War.

Uncanny has new fiction by JY Yang.

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