Nathan Knapp interviewed Brandon Hobson about his new novel.

At the Times, a review of Marilynne Robinson’s new essay collection.

Sarah Weinman talked with David Mamet at Vulture.

Hazlitt has published new fiction by Michel Faber.

LitReactor revisited Kathe Koja’s surreal horror novel The Cipher.

At Conjunctions, new writing from Lance Olsen.

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