The Rumpus talked with Emma Straub about her new novel.

PEN discussed the current state of book bans in the United States.

At The Masters Review, thoughts on Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong.

Brittle Paper published an excerpt from Patience Is a Subtle Thief by Abi Ishola-Ayodeji.

Vulture delved into a pair of novels about memory and technology.

At Literary Hub, Jhumpa Lahiri wrote about Italo Calvino.

The Baffler revisited the writings of Barry Hines.

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