Jamelle Bouie wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book for Slate.

Michael Tedder on the life and legacy of Tom Petty.

At the Texas Observer, new fiction by Deirdre Coyle.

The Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced its shortlist.

Rich Cohen on Donald Trump and the Chicago Cubs.

Jeffrey Ford recommended some obscure horror fiction.

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