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.
USA Fellowship
Latasha N. Nevada Diggs among the United States Artists’ 2026 Fellows: fifty artists and culture bearers across all disciplines.
Deadline
Production is underway for a film adaptation of George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo, with Saunders writing the screenplay and Duke Johnson as producer and director.
The New Yorker
Read “The Tomb Attendant Contemplates His Own Death,” a new poem by Matthew Shenoda from his forthcoming collection Holdings.