No serious bombshells this week, but plenty of interesting reading:
- Ron Rash is interviewed on Weekend Edition.
- The NY Times says now is a great time for short fiction.
- Melville House Books is no fan of the Random House/Penguin merger.
- The Millions essay about the polyphonic novel.
- Karen Russell: Interviewed at The Millions and in the NY Times about her new story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove.
- Women writers are often asked bizarre interview questions.
- Hilary Mantel comments on royalty.
- This week, get your hands on these new releases: Holly Goddard Jones’s The Next Time You See Me, Ron Rash’s Nothing Gold Can Stay, and Cary Holladay’s Horse People.