At Pitchfork, Philip Sherburne wrote about Sam McPheeters’s Mutations.

Michael J. Seidlinger revisited Parasite at Polygon.

At The Ringer, Brian Phillips wrote about the fiction of Susanna Clarke.

Making the case for why Rita Indiana’s Tentacle should win the Best Translated Book Award.

The Guardian published new nonfiction by Lynn Steger Strong.

Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens discussed his favorite books with The Quietus.

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