At The Paris Review, a look back at Charles Portis’s work.

PEN has a new report on legislation affecting the ability to read and learn.

In tragic news, the prodigiously talented Greg Tate has died.

At Kirkus Reviews, thoughts on Tanaïs’s forthcoming memoir.

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro pondered the names of places in New York City.

At Majuscule, revisiting the writings of Janet Malcolm.

Entropy explored the year’s best fiction.

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