Works of fiction, book news and interesting tidbits to read…before you read.
New York City’s library system faces 22 percent budget cut. (Library Journal)
“Ava’s Apartment”: a short story by Jonathan Letham. (The New Yorker)
Wintergirls, a novel by Laurie Halse Anderson, is possibly triggering, definitely thought-provoking, says Jezebel. (Jezebel)
The right to write about it: Hurricane Katrina in poetry. (Bookslut)
Ain’t no stopping Colson Whitehead (p.s. Amazon calls his novel, Sag Harbor, the best of the month of May). (Omnivoracious)