Garth Miró talked with The Creative Independent about writing and timing.

PEN has a report from a recent town hall on publishing and diversity.

At Hellgate, a dispatch from the last installment of an avant-garde jam.

Now we know what the most borrowed books from the city’s libraries were.

Jeff Chon shared a playlist at Largehearted Boy.

At Literary Hub, book recommendations from Rabih Alameddine.

Making the case for exhibition catalogs, at Hyperallergic.

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