At Oldster, a chat with Megan Stielstra.

The National Book Foundation announced its science and literature awards.

At CrimeReads, a glimpse inside Gabino Iglesias’s forthcoming novel.

Claudia Rankine interviewed David Sterling Brown at Full Stop.

Rain Taxi delved into Mike Lala’s The Unreal City.

Ann Powers pondered the state of music journalism at NPR.

Narratively published an excerpt from Lee Gutkind’s The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting.

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