At World Literature Today, thoughts on Augusto Monterroso’s The Rest Is Silence.

The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting Omar El Akkad this week.

At Bright Wall/Dark Room, an interview with Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Inside the world of typos in Lord of the Rings.

Full Stop delved into Emily Greenberg’s Alternative Facts.

Thoughts on the month’s best Southern books.

Dusted reviewed the new EP from BASIC.

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