Olivia Laing shared details on what she’s been reading.

PEN explored the place where social media, free speech, and online communities converge.

Vanessa Veselka’s excellent The Great Offshore Grounds has won the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction.

Joshua Mohr shared a Model Citizen playlist at Largehearted Boy.

At Vox, Emily VanDerWerff makes the case for Julien Baker’s new album.

The Rumpus talked apologies and memory with Susan Shapiro.

Peter Ho Davies was interviewed at Fiction Writers Review.

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