At 3:AM, an excerpt from Peter Carty’s Art.

The NYPL is holding an event on banned books this week.

West Virginia is considering a law that would make librarians’ lives much harder.

Hyperallergic pondered the new biography of Harry Smith.

At Slate, Dan Kois on Michiko Kakutani.

CrimeReads pondered what happens when fairy tales get bleak.

At Electric Literature, some recommended novels in translation.

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