Bustle explored the lasting influence of Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street.

At PEN, Salman Rushdie and Marlon James talked storytelling.

There’s new nonfiction by Robert Lopez at Longreads.

CrimeReads published an excerpt from Jac Jemc’s False Bingo.

Kristen Arnett wrote about Florida for the New York Times.

Words Without Borders covered notable translated books due out this month.

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