
In our morning reading: new writing from Laurie Penny, interviews with Alex DiFrancesco and Jena Malone, and more.

In our morning reading: new writing from Laurie Penny, interviews with Alex DiFrancesco and Jena Malone, and more.

In our morning reading: thoughts on Karan Mahajan’s new novel, Andrew Martin on writing, and more.

In our weekend reading: interviews with Mayukh Sen and Ross Barkan, exploring the works of Steve Aylett, and more.

In our afternoon reading: interviews with Lauren Elkin and Mat Johnson, Laurie Penny on worldbuilding, and more.

In our afternoon reading: new nonfiction from Aleksandar Hemon, Morgan Jerkins, and Judy Berman; a farewell to BookCourt; and more.
I always get something wrong in these. There’s generally one book that I utterly forget to include, remember two days later, and curse myself for leaving out. And this year, I’m throwing in some thoughts on music, so that should offer even more opportunities for retrospective regret. I’m getting in just under the wire with this one, yes indeed.

In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Steve Himmer’s new novel, interviews with Margaret Atwood and Brian Evenson, and more.

In our afternoon reading: Alexandra Kleeman and Lincoln Michel talk fiction, new nonfiction from Sarah Gerard, an interview with Laurie Penny, and more.