At The Rumpus, some book recommendations from Myriam Gurba.

Binc is now accepting applications for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists.

Full Stop delved into Ben Okri’s Dangerous Love.

The Quietus reviewed the new album from Hey Colossus.

Brittle Paper has a report from Nairobi’s African Book Fair.

At The New Yorker, an interview with Bryan Washington.

WWAC pondered Ashley Robin Franklin’s The Hills of Estrella Roja.

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