At Document, Tommy Pico and Carmen Maria Machado discussed horror.

You can donate books to the Brooklyn Book Bodega via Books Are Magic.

Anne Helen Petersen offered insights into the HarperCollins strike.

There’s a fundraiser afoot for Laird Barron’s medical expenses.

Melissa Gira Grant wrote about political efforts targeting libraries.

At Heavy Feather Review, thoughts on Jasmine Sawers’s new collection.

What can we learn from Franz Kafka’s diaries?

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