Rivka Galchen talked with Yoko Tawada for the New York Times Magazine.

Talking James Baldwin with Hilton Als.

There’s a powerful new essay from Mat Johnson at NPR.

At Slate, J.E. Reich on television tropes and Black Mirror.

Caryn Rose wrote about Jim Jarmusch’s new Stooges documentary for Salon.

At The Log Journal, an interview with Laaraji.

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