Lauren Elkin reviewed Laurent Binet’s novel The Seventh Function of Language.

Lenny Letter checked in with Dorothy Allison.

The Park Slope venue and performance space Barbés is holding a fundraiser.

Catapult has new fiction by Jess Zimmerman.

At Tor.com, Molly Templeton on scents inspired by Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.

Emily Gould wrote about reading parenting books for Longreads.

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