Electric Literature published an excerpt from Christine Lai’s new book.

PEN has a worrying dispatch regarding a Virginia library.

Oldster published a moving essay by Irwin Epstein.

Tim Meyer shared some surreal book recommendations at LitReactor.

At Vulture, Andrea Long Chu pondered the work of Zadie Smith.

The New Republic explained why you should read Malcolm Ross.

At Hyperallergic, revisiting the journals of Anne Truitt.

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