Jason Diamond made the case for reading Gavin Lambert.

The NYPL assembled a James Baldwin reading list.

Locus shared the shortlist for this year’s Caine Prize.

Caryn Rose discussed some recent music books.

Electric Literature published fiction by Lena Valencia.

Tara Isabella Burton wrote about writing novels.

At A Book for Ants, thoughts on a new book by Yoko Tawada.

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