Center for Fiction
Nafissa Thompson-Spires’ debut novel The Four Wives and Five Deaths of Richard Milford is long-listed for The Center for Fiction’s 2026 First Novel Prize.
BOMB Mag
Review of Fatimah Asghar’s Daughter of the Mountains, “simultaneously expansive and intimate and, like the mountain ranges it exalts, simply breathtaking.”
Haymarket Books
Deesha Philyaw, Camille Dungy, Mahogany L. Browne, and others included in the forthcoming anthology Black Women Writers at Work in the 21st Century.
BBC Music
Surrealist blues poet and musician aja monet performs a live version of her track ‘elsewhere’ for Later with Jools Holland from her upcoming album the color of rain.
Pulitzer Prizes
Congratulations to all 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalists – especially Blue Flower Artists Torrey Peters and Douglas Kearney!
Elle
Get an exclusive first look at Deesha Philyaw’s highly anticipated debut novel The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman.
The Daily Show
George Saunders sits down to speak with Jordan Klepper about the duality of forgiveness and accountability in his most recent novel, Vigil, for The Daily Show.
Part II: “Afropessimism”
Frank B. Wilderson interviewed on the genesis of Afropessimism as a field of thought. This is part two of a three-part interview.
AISLE
Kwame Alexander’s An American Story chosen for the 2027 IL Bluestem Award.
Brittle Paper
Read two new poems, “Gun, Decay” & “A Month After Death,” by Kwame Dawes.