At Chapter 16, thoughts on Angela Palm’s Riverine.

Slate reviewed Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.

Feel like reading some new poetry from Sean H. Doyle?

The New Yorker has an excerpt from Stephen Greenblatt’s forthcoming book.

The Collagist has a review of Lauren Hilger’s Lady Be Good.

Tom Stern and Adam Novak talked novels and craft.

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