At the New York Times, thoughts on Daphne Palasi Andreades’s Brown Girls.

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is holding a 30th anniversary fundraising drive.

Crystal Wilkinson delved into bell hooks’s ties to Kentucky and her legacy there.

At LitReactor, an interview with Alma Katsu.

Hyperallergic explored the place where poetry and tarot converge.

Bookmunch named their best books of 2021.

At The Rumpus, talking stories with Christopher Gonzalez.

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