J.W. McCormack reviewed Yoko Tawada’s The Emissary for BOMB.

Samantha Irby talked books with the New York Times.

At Hyperallergic, thoughts on William Eggleston and politics.

Lynn Steger Strong has a new essay up at Guernica.

There’s new fiction by Lynn Coady at Electric Literature.

Carl Wilson discussed the new Liz Phair box set at Slate.

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