At NPR, Tracy K. Smith recommended poetry.

The Center for Fiction is celebrating its 200th anniversary in December.

A mural by Keith Haring and Angel Ortiz is now on view in NYC.

Hanif Abdurraqib wrote about working in a chain bookstore at Literary Hub.

Dusted reviewed the new solo album from Julia Shapiro.

At Necessary Fiction, thoughts on Saša Stanišić’s Where You Come From.

Words Without Borders published an excerpt from Petra Hůlová’s novel The Movement.

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