Chris Kelso interviewed Dennis Cooper at 3:AM.

At PEN, a report on censorship in Walton County.

Brittle Paper delved into the novel Glory by Noviolet Bulawayo.

Alma Katsu shared the story of how she came to write The Fervor.

Ploughshares pondered the inner workings of Ali Smith’s Companion Piece.

At Bookforum, thoughts on Fernanda Melchor’s Paradais.

Jackson Bliss wrote about writing Amnesia of June Bugs at Necessary Fiction.

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