Ryan Chapman discussed his forthcoming novel at Publishers Weekly.

Preeti Chhibber wrote about diversity and children’s literature.

Nathan Rabin is holding a fundraiser for an expansive book on “Weird Al” Yankovic’s discography.

There’s new fiction by Omar El Akkad at Guernica.

3:AM discussed Yukio Mishima’s Star being published in English for the first time.

At the StarTribune, thoughts on Kathryn Davis’s The Silk Road.

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