George Saunders recommended ten books at Vulture.

At 4Columns, Rumaan Alam reviewed Alan Hollinghurst’s The Sparsholt Affair.

The Village Voice talked literature with Elizabeth Acevedo.

There’s new writing by Lisa Wells at n+1.

At the Los Angeles Review of Books, thoughts on Rachel Lyon’s Self-Portrait With Boy.

Pitchfork talked with Andrew Durbin about his novel MacArthur Park.

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