Morning Bites: Mira Ptacin Interviewed, Maaza Mengiste, Nommo Award Winners, John Freeman Gill on Brooklyn History, and More

Mira Ptacin book cover

NPR talked with Mira Ptacin about The In-Betweens.

At the Chicago Review of Books, Bradley Babendir recommended a trio of novels in translation.

Maaza Mengiste’s novel The Shadow King has been optioned for the big screen.

Stereogum looked back at the 20th anniversary of the Dismemberment Plan’s Emergency & I

This year’s Nommo Award Winners have been announced.

At the New York Times, John Freeman Gill explored the history of one Brooklyn carriage house.

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