At the New York Times, a look at the enduring power of Percival Everett’s Erasure.

The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting an event with Sandra Cisneros and Edwidge Danticat.

Looper is reissuing their deeply charming debut Up a Tree.

The Constant Reader on indie publisher David R. Godine.

Phil Christman interviewed Francis Spufford on all things Cahokia Jazz.

Asymptote published fiction by Osamu Dazai.

The Chicago Review of Books has some February reading recommendations.

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