At the New York Times, Jeremy Gordon reviewed Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s new book.

People of Color in Publishing is accepting applications for its mentorship program.

The New Yorker explored the works of Ha Jin.

Said Sayrafiezadeh revisited 1984 at the Chicago Review of Books.

At Vulture, thoughts on a very ornate literary mystery.

The Paris Review interviewed Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi.

At the Los Angeles Review of Books, thoughts on S. D. Chrostowska’s A Cage for Every Child.

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