Jason Diamond wrote about Joan Didion’s South and West, and judged the first competition in this year’s Tournament of Books.

Joanna C. Valente on things to do on International Women’s Day (i.e. today).

At Literary Hub, fiction by Bandi.

Colin Atrophy Hagendorf on the Austin punk band Popper Burns.

Ron Charles has made an excellent video reviewing Dan Chaon’s latest novel.

Synaesthesia has new fiction by Sara Lippmann.

At Keyflow, revisiting Tricky’s Maxinquaye.

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