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• Paul Slovak on Pascal Covici, the editor who nurtured John Steinbeck, James Joyce and more. | Lit Hub History
• Jane Ciabattari interviews Angela Flournoy about her new novel, The Wilderness: “ I am a proud maximalist when it comes to things that might add depth to a character’s world…” | Lit Hub Craft
• The 21 new books out today include titles by Samanta Schweblin, Angela Flournoy, Lydia Davis, and more! | Lit Hub Reading Lists
• Where are all the books about mothers and sons? “Mothers undermine one of the most enduring fictions in our society: that we are each an atomistic self, moving through life independently rather than interdependently.” | Lit Hub Criticism
• G’Ra Asim talks to former MFA classmate Sasha Bonét about black motherhood, fragmented storytelling, and untangling history. | Lit Hub In Conversation
• “It was ninety minutes before opening and four hours before the lunch rush on the day in early March when Miguel called to say that although he’d already arrived at the restaurant, he needed to leave immediately.” Read from Angela Flournoy’s new novel, The Wilderness. | Lit Hub Fiction
• “Conflict is essential to the history of feminism, to the history of the university, and to the history of democracy.” Annabel Barry, Caroline Goddard, and Anna Park on women’s studies as an archive of conflict. | Public Books
• A balm, for once: Katie Walsh on a lovely recent moment from her work as a librarian. | Slate
• Actually, we need another inspiring librarian story: April White on Augusta Baker, the legendary children’s librarian of Harlem. | JSTOR Daily
• “He had a deep, theatrical frown to go along with his ‘deep, policeman-type voices.’ He was ‘zany,’ yes. And also uncommonly sincere.” Katie Engelhart profiles beloved children’s author Robert Munsch amid his struggle with dementia. | The New York Times Magazine
• Judith Butler talks to Amy Goodman about being among the 160 UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff whose names were handed over to the Trump administration. | Democracy Now!
• “The matter of Baldwin’s contemplated book about the Bureau is being closely followed and you will be kept advised of pertinent developments.” Read some of the FBI’s files on James Baldwin. | Lapham’s Quarterly 

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