Morning Bites: Remembering Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Big Other Book Award Winners, Climate Fiction, and More

Wizard of the Crow

At Electric Literature, a remembrance of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.

PEN has a report on book bans in Tennessee.

At Guernica, an interview with Andrey Kurkov.

The winners of this year’s Big Other Book Awards have been announced.

Steve Gunn’s new album takes writing as its muse.

Exploring where music and politics (literally) converge.

Public Books pondered the state of climate fiction.

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