“More than a novel, The Ravickians is a kind of curated environment, one built of the culture, language, and architecture of its people…” At The Collagist, Tom DeBeauchamp reviews Renee Gladman’s The Ravickians.

• A week and change after the news of Ed Park’s new gig was revealed, The Towering Irrelevance makes what is perhaps the most astute observation of all.

• At Tablet, Irin Carmon writes about the loss of her German passport.

• The Book Bench chats with Barbara Epler of New Directions. The subject? Roberto Bolaño.

• Book Riot makes with some commentary on this year’s Tournament of Books lineup.

• Dennis Cooper: his novel The Marble Swarm reviewed — in comics form!

• Dennis Cooper: endorsing Frank Hinton, xTx, and Richard Chiem!

• Dennis Cooper: has nothing to do with the television show Justified, which this Tara Ariano essay is about.

• T.M. Wolf tells us of hip-hop and the Jersey Shore.

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