Abdelrahman ElGendy interviews Sarah Aziza about generational trauma, living between languages, and her new book as a “reckoning with longing.” | The Baffler
Scaachi Koul recounts the strange experience of reading an A.I.-generated biography of… herself. | Slate
Scholar and translator Donald Rayfield details his personal, cultural, and political reasons for turning down a lifetime achievement award from Georgia’s Writers’ House. | Words Without Borders
Martin Dolan considers Andrew Lipstein’s fiction and the cycle of literary masculinity discourse. | The Point
“Places like Iowa City often have scandalous reputations, particularly when embedded in red states. Yet that reputation sometimes stems not from bacchanalian excess, but rather from a refusal to accept the status quo.” Harry Stecopoulos on the poetry of Iowa City. | Public Books
Was this Montana woman the first enfant terrible of American letters? Hunter Dukes on “the wild woman from Butte.” | Public Domain Review
“At some point in our acquaintance, he greeted me by kissing me fully on the lips, and from then on, this was our ritual, a smooch.” Jesse Barron on Gary Indiana and his final novel. | Granta
José Olivarez and Jon Sands remember Aziza Barnes: “No one else sounds like them.” | Poetry
