Writer and activist Larry Kramer has died at the age of 84. Alex Ross looked back on life and impact, and the Los Angeles Times collected a number of tributes to his life.

At Pitchfork, thoughts on the new album from Woods.

Samanta Schweblin was interviewed at The Millions.

BookExpo Online’s author dinner roundtable is now available to watch.

Electric Literature published an excerpt from Marie-Helene Bertino’s new book.

At Literary Hub, John Domini makes the case for reading John Barth.

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