At The Creative Independent, an interview with Rita Indiana.

Open Borders Books is doing important work in Queens.

Paul Tremblay shared highlights from his year in books at The Millions.

Feel like reading a comprehensive history of Surinamese music?

Danez Smith talked drafts at Guernica.

At Tor.com, thoughts on Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi.

Words Without Borders published an excerpt from Sara Al-Jack’s The Mites.

Public Books revisited Virginia Woolf’s Flush.

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