At The Quietus, thoughts on Deborah Levy’s new memoir.

Feel like reading an excerpt from Babak Lakghomi’s Floating Notes?

The Chicago Review of Books interviewed R. O. Kwon.

Words Without Borders reviewed Gunnhild Øyehaug’s novel Wait, Blink.

Slate has reprinted a Geoff Dyer essay about sex and hotels.

Literary Hub recommended some notable August books.

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