At Necessary Fiction, thoughts on Namrata Poddar’s novel Border Less.

The National Book Foundation is conducting a survey.

Aquarium Drunkard talked with Stephen McBean of Pink Mountaintops.

The Chicago Review of Books pondered Ben Shattuck’s Thoreau-inspired book.

On the Seawall pondered the poetry of Rachel Mannheimer.

The Quietus delved into SAULT’s new album.

LitReactor explored the overlap of writer’s block and depression.

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