Jac Jemc recommended books with a surreal sense of reality for Literary Hub; her novel The Grip of It was reviewed at the Chicago Tribune.

Vulture ranked film adaptations of Stephen King’s work.

At GQ, some recommended books for August.

The lineup for this year’s Windham-Campbell Festival has been announced.

Bijan Stephen reviewed Jenny Zhang’s Sour Heart for the New Republic.

At Post Road, Nicole Haroutunian recommended Daphne Kalotay’s Calamity and Other Stories.

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