Literary Hub talked with Gregory Pardlo about his new memoir.

Words Without Borders has published an excerpt from Masatsugu Ono’s Lion Cross Point.

Nafissa Thompson-Spires has an essay about writing and chronic illness at The Paris Review.

And here’s the longlist for this year’s Best Translated Book Awards.

Meaghan O’Connell has written a new essay for The Cut.

There’s a new interview with Jeff VanderMeer up at Locus.

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