Roxane Gay talked Bad Feminist with NPR.

Emma Straub describes her moment of getting a book deal.

The Frieze Writer’s Prize is now open for entries.

Wondering Sound looks at the 50th anniversary of Albert Ayler’s Spiritual Unity.

Pondering Georges Perec at 3:AM.

A look at the attempt to create an art scene in Atlantic City.

The Paris Review on studying Soviet literature.

Jim Ruland reviewed Brandon Hobson’s Deep Ellum.

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