At the New Republic, thoughts on Olga Tokarczuk’s recently-translated Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.

Victor LaValle talked with Guernica about comics, anthologies, and sensory experiences.:

Simon Reynolds explored the idea of “conceptronica” at Pitchfork.

Vox reviewed Leigh Bardugo’s novel Ninth House.

There’s new nonfiction by Melissa Febos at Longreads.

At Largehearted Boy, a playlist from Chris Eaton.

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