At On the Seawall, thoughts on Sinan Antoon’s new book.

PEN has a new report on two years’ worth of book bans in the US.

At Reactor, Molly Templeton pondered the way we talk about books.

Delving into William Shakespeare’s worst readers at the Washington Post.

At Largehearted Boy, a playlist from Kaveh Akbar.

The Quietus published an excerpt from C.D. Rose’s new collection.

At The Atlantic, Jeremy Gordon on True Detective.

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