At The Rumpus, thoughts on Javier Marías’s final novel.

PEN looked back on its Freedom to Read Statement.

At Review31, thoughts on a new collection of Ursula K. Le Guin’s essays.

3:AM published new fiction by James Tadd Adcox.

Minorities in Publishing talked with Candlewick Books.

Justin Taylor wrote about Charles Portis at The Point.

At Largehearted Boy, a playlist from Jeremy P. Bushnell.

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