Kyle Minor chats it up with Pinckney Benedict. (The Rumpus)

Liesl Schillinger digs into the “hilarious new novel,” Elliot Allagash, by Simon Rich. (The Daily Beast) Related: Afternoon Viewing: Simon Rich

Jeff Rivera chats it up with lit agent Margery Walshaw. (GalleyCat)

Dwight Garner examines the life and work of William Golding. (NYTimes)

A rejection by Apple’s app store might be the best thing that ever happened to David Carnoy. (Huffington Post)

Jonathan Jones sees the pendulum swinging back to the British novel. (Guardian Books Blog)

Jessica Digiacinto muses on why peace may be at odds with creativity. (LitDrift)

MacAllister Stone spreads some congratulations around for new books by AW community members. (Absolute Write)

Imogen Russell Williams looks back at the books that strike fear in the hearts of children. (Guardian Books Blog)

Michael Hastings, fresh off his well-publicized article on General Stanley McChrystal in Rolling Stone, nabs a deal for a book on the war in Afghanistan. (GalleyCat)

“On this day the running of the bulls begins in Pamplona, on the first morning of the nine-day Feast of San Fermin. Hemingway first went eighty-five years ago, as a twenty-three-year-old still filing stories for the Toronto Star: “Then they came in sight. Eight bulls galloping along, full tilt, heavy set, black, glistening, sinister, their horns bare, tossing their heads….”" (Today in Literature)

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