Mark Sussman talked with Scott Esposito for The Creative Independent.

At Tor.com, thoughts on S.A. Chakraborty’s The City of Brass.

The Nation reviewed Danez Smith’s new collection of poetry.

NPR has a look at a new book catching up with onetime 80s hardcore kids.

At Lambda Literary, a review of River Solomon’s An Unkindness of Ghosts.

Liz Phair has signed a two-book deal with Random House.

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