The Rumpus talked Amateur with Thomas Page McBee.

What were the best book covers of 2017? The AIGA has weighed in.

The New Yorker reviewed Olivia Laing’s new novel Crudo.

At Pitchfork, thoughts on Sandro Perri’s collaboration with Dan Bejar.

The Los Angeles Review of Books discussed the changing legacy of David Foster Wallace with Clare Hayes-Brady.

Melanie Hobson created a playlist for her new novel Summer Cannibals.

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