Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad is among the winners of this year’s National Book Awards.

The staff of Vox read all of this year’s nominated books, and shared their thoughts.

At Literary Hub, David Ulin explored American fascism.

Judy Berman wrote about watching political music after the election.

The Paris Review has new nonfiction from John Jeremiah Sullivan.

Frank Ocean was interviewed at the New York Times.

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