At the New York Times, a look at two new translations of a Machado de Assis novel.

The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund is doing important work.

At The Millions, Dinah Lenney and Kenneth R. Rosen discussed their books in the Object Lessons series.

Ismail Muhammad wrote about John Coltrane at The Paris Review.

Burrow Press published a collaboration between Patty Yumi Cottrell and Sarah Gerard.

Full Stop reviewed Michael J. Seidlinger’s novel Dreams of Being.

There’s a playlist from Katherine Hill at Largehearted Boy.

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