There’s a film adaptation of Antonio di Benedetto’s Zama out now; here are reviews from Glenn Kenny and A.A. Dowd.

Jami Attenberg wrote about the oysters of Ireland.

Dennis Cooper makes the case for why you should be reading Maurice Blanchot.

Jenny Xie was interviewed at BOMB.

There’s new nonfiction by Michelle Dean at Topic.

William Boyle wrote about obsessions for the Oxford American.

At the Chicago Tribune, trying to predict which novel will win the Pulitzer Prize this year.

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