Words Without Borders interviewed Leïla Slimani.

The Brooklyn Book Festival has announced details on the writers taking part this year.

Treble has news of new music from a member of Botch and Russian Circles.

At Catapult, an interview with Kristen Radtke.

Karen Tucker’s Bewilderness was reviewed at On the Seawall.

At Ploughshares, Jay Deshpande talked poetry.

Edgar Wright discussed The Sparks Brothers at The Quietus.

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