Afternoon Bites: Firecracker Awards Finalists, Lynn Steger Strong Nonficton, Steve Erickson, and More

The finalists for the 2016 CLMP Firecracker Awards have been announced.

Lynn Steger Strong wrote about motherhood and writing.

The Los Angeles Times has announced its critics-at-large.

Jonathan Lethem on Steve Erickson’s next novel.

Checking in with Miroslav Penkov at Electric Literature.

Thoughts on Ryan W. Bradley’s Nothing But the Dead and the Dying.

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