Laurie Hertzel reviewed Tamara Shopsin’s LaserWriter II at the Star Tribune.

At PEN, Nikki Grimes and Padma Venkatraman talked about challenged books.

Kristen Martin explored the “orphan train” genre of fiction at Lapham’s Quarterly.

Bright Wall/Dark Room pondered the film The Fits.

At Fiction Writers Review, an interview with Joy Castro.

Full Stop pondered In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo.

Carribean Fragoza discussed body horror at Electric Literature.

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