At The New Yorker, Julian Lucas pondered Percival Everett’s The Trees.

PEN raised the alarm over a new book ban in Texas.

Feel like reading an in-depth interview with Scott McClanahan?

Jason Sanford explored the ideas behind his novel Plague Birds.

Greenpoint is getting a new comic book store.

At BOMB, Kristopher Jansma interviewed Alice McDermott.

Necessary Fiction delved into The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei.

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