Michelle Dean wrote about Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach for the New Republic.

Chelsea Martin was interviewed at the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Rahawa Haile wrote about lasagna and geopolitics for Saveur.

Bandcamp reviewed the debut from Dan Friel’s new band Upper Wilds.

Tom Bissell talked to Kotaku about video games and storytelling.

At Razorcake, a review of Scott McClanahan’s The Sarah Book.

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