We were devastated to hear that musician and artist Rick Froberg has died at the age of 55. NPR has a moving look back at his life and work.

The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is holding an event at Battery Park City this week.

At X-R-A-Y, an interview with B.R. Yeager.

Full Stop reviewed Decolonize Museums by Shimrit Lee.

Garth Greenwell talked books with Edmund White.

At Public Books, revisiting Colson Whitehead’s Apex Hides the Hurt.

The Miramichi Reader reviewed A Dreadful Splendour by B.R. Myers.

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