Hanif Abdurraqib wrote about Kiese Laymon’s Heavy at 4Columns.

The winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize in Literature has been announced.

Diane Williams was interviewed at Washington Square Review.

Later this month, Rob Spillman is teaching a master class at Books Are Magic as a fundraiser for progressive candidates.

At Vulture, Joanna Scutts explored why we should be reading Virginia Woolf’s Orlando now.

The Creative Independent talked writing and documentation with Megan Boyle.

Amy Sackville answered the Proust Questionnaire at Granta.

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