Leland Cheuk shared a playlist inspired by his new novel for Largehearted Boy.

A forthcoming documentary about Flannery O’Connor has won the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize.

There’s a review of Fernanda Torres’s Glory and Its Litany of Horrors at Asymptote Journal.

Deborah Levy discussed the craft of writing at Literary Hub.

At Dusted, thoughts on the debut album from Mike Watt’s project Jumpstarted Plowhards.

Nick Mamatas discussed perceptions of literary failure at LitReactor.

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