Vulture talked with Roxane Gay about her favorite books.

Amanda Petrusich revisited the works of Jack Kerouac.

The judges for this year’s National Book Awards have been announced.

There’s a new essay by Nancy Hightower up at Joyland.

Hobart has new fiction by Oliver Zarandi.

Queens’s Kew & Willow Books earned abundant praise from New York.

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