Kirstin Valdez Quade recommended books at Electric Literature.

The BINC Foundation is offering grants to bookstores and comic shops.

At Largehearted Boy, a playlist from Zhanna Slor.

The Chicago Review of Books delved into Richard Wright’s lost novel.

Chapter 16 explored Willy Vlautin’s novel The Night Always Comes.

At Fiction Advocate, an interview with Elissa Washuta.

The folks at Aquarium Drunkard shared thoughts on Damon Locks’s new album.

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