At Review31, thoughts on Henry Hoke’s Open Throat.

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The winners of this year’s American Book Awards have been announced.

At Slate, talking folk songs and politics with Billy Bragg.

The Baffler pondered A Thread of Violence by Mark O’Connell.

Genevieve Plunkett pondered the nature of fiction at Electric Literature.

Tor.com delved into Keith Rosson’s Fever House.

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