Nadia Owusu and Caleb Azumah Nelson conversed at Granta.

Cave Canem launched Notebooks & Pens, an intriguing new way to support their mission.

Lara Vergnaud and Yamen Manai discussed translating The Ardent Swarm.

At 3:AM, thoughts on Chris Kelso’s new book on William S. Burroughs and Scotland.

“I believe fiction can be a way of processing reality.” PEN interviewed Renée Watson.

Hyperallergic discussed a new cinematic ode to the egg cream.

At This Is Horror, thoughts on Aliya Whitely’s forthcoming novel.

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