Afternoon Bites: Hanif Abdurraqib Interviewed, Thomas Pynchon, National Book Award Nominees, Sharon Van Etten, and More

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Jaime Fountaine interviewed Hanif Abdurraqib at Fanzine.

At Electric Literature, Alexandra d’Abbadie on how Thomas Pynchon avoided cultural appropriation in the 1960s.

The staff of Vox read the National Book Award nominees for 2017.

In December, David Grossman will be speaking at the Brooklyn Public Library.

The Creative Independent talked music and reissues with Sharon Van Etten.

What happens when you become the most hated poet on the internet?

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