ABC News
Review of Jonathan M Katz’s Gangsters of Capitalism: “An imperialist repents.”
LA Times
Congrats to the 2021 NBCCA nominees, especially: Rajiv Mohabir, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Torrey Peters, Percival Everett, Cornelius Eady!
bon appétit
Torrey Peters on the end of her marriage: “I thought I could save my marriage by repressing my transness. I couldn’t.”
Elle
Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo takes Elle’s literary survey.
Poet Laureate
Congratulations to Airea D. Matthews who was named Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate!
New York Times
Donald Antrim’s One Friday In April included on this list of 9 New Books We Recommend This Week.
The Atlantic
Read “A poem for Sunday” by Geffrey Davis: “Despite losing the dining table to it/for weeks, our family stays/with the puzzle”
Time
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers’ The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and Torrey Peters‘ Detransition, Baby included on The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2021.
PEN America
BFA authors included on the PEN America 2021 longlists: Rajiv Mohabir, Torrey Peters, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Percival Everett, Mai Der Vang, Phillip B. Williams, Douglas Kearney, George Saunders.
NPR
In this interview, USPL Joy Harjo reflects on her new memoir, finding her voice, and using it.