At the New York Times, new nonfiction from Kelly Barnhill.

PEN talked with Laurie Halse Anderson about book bans.

Maris Kreizman interviewed K-Ming Chang on The Maris Review.

Ross Barkan pondered literature and accessibility.

The Hollywood Reporter talked with Cord Jefferson about adapting a Percival Everett novel for the screen.

At Defector, notes on the place where BookTok, bookselling, and erotica converge.

There’s new writing by Leslie Jamison at The New Yorker.

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