At The New Yorker, thoughts on Kate Zambreno’s new novel.

There’s an excellent-sounding book fair being organized in Astoria for later this month; more details can be found here.

Laaraji shared some of his favorite music at Pitchfork.

Feel like watching the trailer for Charlie Kaufman’s adaptation of Ian Reid’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things?

Electric Literature published an excerpt from Raven Leilani’s Luster.

InsideHook shared some recommended August books.

At Largehearted Boy, a The Starless Sea playlist from Erin Morgenstern.

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