The New Yorker praises the depiction of opera in Chee’s novel, writing that The Queen of the Night “offers a rare, intriguing psychology: the heart as a buried place.”

The New York Times applauds Offutt’s multidimensional portrait of his father, dubbing the memoir “unexpectedly moving.”

The Washington Post dubs Joseph’s story of two men tasked with performing a violent act in the name of preserving beauty “a rather ingenious piece of theater.”

McManus talks about the "vampire elephants" in his stories and why curiosity is the best measure of intelligence. 

On Buzzfeed, Wray details his arrival as a young writer in New York, the city that “hits all at once," and the romantic forays and bad jobs that prompted him to take writing seriously.

LaValle discusses how growing up in Queens helped him "write the United States as it is right now" and which science fiction writer's worlds he'd like to live in.

A new poem by the late C.D. Wright in Poetry magazine declares “Brothers and Sisters, Señors y Señoras, I tell you how it is that we live, and what it is/ that/ we do.”

Gulf Coast applauds the intricate balance of “allowing space for the speaker to identify his oppression while also recognizing his privilege” in Jackson’s latest collection, deeming it "superbly well-rounded and satisfying.”

"How strange, she thought, to fear nothing but this”: So begins a foray into the dark world of Cronin’s upcoming novel, The City of Mirrors.

Percy talks about creating social justice-themed storylines for the Green Arrow series.