The Yale Review published a new story by Kristen Arnett.

At the Brooklyn Public Library, an array of Banned Books Week events.

Bright Wall/Dark Room pondered the Velvet Underground on film.

Sara Lippmann pondered A.M. Homes’s new book.

Looking for some literary cocktail ideas? Electric Literature has you covered.

At Asymptote, thoughts on the National Book Award longlist for translated fiction.

This Is Horror previewed Andy Davidson’s forthcoming novel.

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