NewStatesmen
An interview with George Saunders on Lincoln, racial tension in America, and why the current US president is beyond satire.
St. L Post-Dispatch
Review of Javier Zamora’s Unaccompanied: A powerful portrait of the kind of nightmare that keeps parents up at night.
SF Chronicle
Review of Cristina Garcia’s Here in Berlin: an exhilarating orchestration of competing voices and temporalities.
SF Chronicle
Review of Eileen Myles’ memoir Afterglow: Myles has a history of carefully, skillfully, failing to meet expectations.
Carnegie Medal
George Saunders is listed among finalists for the Carnegie Medal in fiction for his novel Lincoln In the Bardo.
MSN Online
Watch this interview with Aja Monet on My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter: If it can’t be spoken it ain’t worth writing.
Smithsonian
Feature on Bryan Doerries’ Theater of War: The important work begins in discussion. The play is the vehicle used to get there.
LA Review of Books
Read this interview with John Freeman as he discusses poetry, politics, and his new forthcoming collection Maps.
The Guardian
Garth Greenwell reflects on his journey: When I sang opera, the things that had been sources of shame were sources of value.
The Washington Post
Review of Maggie Smith’s latest collection Good Bones: the writing is honest, compassionate, and graceful.