At the Southern Review of Books, revisiting Scott McClanahan’s Crapalachia.

The NYPL’s exhibit Code Switch is up through December 19.

At The Creative Independent, an interview with Christopher Zeischegg.

Rain Taxi talked poetry with Bhanu Kapil.

The Morning News announced the longlist for the next Tournament of Books.

Karl Kesel talked comic books and superpowers at The Beat.

The Baffler pondered books by Laszlo Krasznahorkai and Blake Butler.

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