At the San Francisco Gate, a review of Laird Hunt’s new novel The Evening Road.

Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott died earlier this week. Julian Lucas reviewed his recent collaboration with Peter Doig.

The Creative Independent has an interview with Hilton Als.

Vice and the Los Angeles Times have reactions to proposed cuts to arts funding.

The StarTribune has a review of J.M. Servin’s For Love of the Dollar.

At LitReactor, Gabino Iglesias recommended Japanese authors you should read.

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