Chicago’s Eclipse Theatre, which performs the work of one playwright per season, will showcase the plays of Stephen Adly Guirgis in 2016.

Research into abandoned diners, the importance of lighting, and how to visually represent monologues: in American Theatre, a behind the scenes look at the production of August Wilson’s Two Trains Running at Goodman Theatre.

Science fiction blog io9 features an excerpt from LaValle’s upcoming novella about a man with a magical curse written on his skin.

In online publication The Toast, “Creature,” a new poem by Leopoldine Core, details a haunting obsession with actress Lindsay Lohan.

The New York Times reviews Marra’s "ambitious and fearless" new collection of linked short stories, deeming Marra “a writer with an original, even singular sensibility.”

 In The New York Times, writer Matt Bell reflects on the powerful, lasting influence of Denis Johnson’s Jesus’ Son, of which he writes, “Every so often, a book comes into your life that is perfect.”

In a piece for The Center for Fiction, Alexander Chee remembers getting in trouble for reading Laura Ingalls Wilder, writing a fashion column called “What’s New” for his high school newspaper, and finally finding a home in fiction writing.

ZYZZYVA declares Powell’s latest is “a comedy which is still in possession of its humanity” and applauds its “clever, peculiar strangeness.”

The Chicago Tribune praises Sante’s exploration of the complicated effects of urban renewal, applauding his ability to “marshal the memories of both famed writers like Victor Hugo as well as those of long-forgotten criminals.”

In the LA Times, Eileen Myles talks to Alexander Chee about the importance of human-animal relationships and the world getting more comfortable with messiness.