Zoe Whittall recommended books at Book Marks.

This fall’s lineup of PEN Out Loud events has been announced.

At Largehearted Boy, a The Actual Star playlist from Monica Byrne.

Greenpointers delved into the new book 400 Years of New York: A Pictoral History.

Tor.com pondered the new anthology Sword Stone Table.

Bookmunch reviewed Damon Galgut’s The Promise.

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