LitHub
Mary Gaitskill on borrowing from real life in writing (and the dreams that guided her).
Harper’s Mag
Read an excerpt from Natashia Deón’s forthcoming novel The Perishing: “My name is Sarah Shipley and I’ve slept with five women.”
NYT Podcast
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers joins Richard Powers to discuss their latest books: “It’s a gesture to the way that I grew up learning about African American history.”
Town & Country
In his latest piece, esteemed New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik interrogates the politics of excellence through music and art.
New York Review
Read Jorie Graham’s latest poem, “song flight lift/hover settle you/cannot tell from/those not coming.”
NPR
Joy Harjo speaks with All Things Considered on the inspiration behind her most recent memoir Poet Warrior.
The New Yorker
Percival Everett has regularly exploded our models of genre and identity. In The Trees he’s raising the stakes, confronting America’s legacy of lynching in a mystery at once hilarious and horrifying.
Publishers Weekly
Congratulations to Douglas Kearney, whose Sho is a finalist for the National Book Awards.
Bustle
Elizabeth Acevedo included on list of 26 Books By Latinx Authors To Read Now & Always.
The New Yorker
Daniyal Mueenuddin reflects on wealth, power, and corruption.