WBUR
Andre Dubus III is back with his novel Gone So Long, in which a family struggles with forgiveness 40 years after a mother’s murder.
Poetry Foundation
Read Deborah Landau’s poem “The Silence Will Be Sudden Then Last” from her forthcoming collection Soft Targets.
New York Times
An interview with Andre Dubus III on his latest novel Gone So Long and the power of compassion in literature for your characters.
Washington Post
Review of Andre Dubus’ Gone So Long: a meditation on regret and anger — how people cope with it and how destructive it can be.
The Guardian
The Man Booker shortlisted author Robin Robertson on his love for Jane Bowles and why he never gives books as presents.
ZYZZYVA
Review of Forrest Gander’s Be With: One often feels stretched into a cherished complexity, pushing the bounds of what we know.
New York Times
Review of ‘What Remains’, Claudia Rankine and Will Rawls’ collaboration on the black experience, self surveillance, white society.
The Ancestral Poet
Review of Natasha Trethewey’s Monument: “I was trying to create a lasting, lyrical monument — a monument in words.”
The New Yorker
Tracy K. Smith is a storyteller whose poetry loves to explore how the body can respond to a lover, to family, and to history.
Marie Claire
A River of Stars was selected for the October Marie Claire book club! Read their interview with Vanessa Hua here.