* Pop Sugar has put together their own list of the 25 best new books to bring to the beach this summer!

* Time Magazine interviewed Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith here.

* The 2018 O’Henry Prize Stories were announced. You can see the full list of winners here.

* I read this opinion piece by novelist Jessica Knoll in The New York Times a few weeks ago and I absolutely loved it! Read it here.

* If you love a A Wrinkle in Time (I’ll admit, I have not read this), I stumbled across this awesome list of 9 other diverse sci-fi and fantasy books you should read.

* Last, but not least check out the longlist for the Best Translated Book Awards ahead of the announcement of the finalists next week.

Enjoying this new series? I’ll be back next week with the latest rumblings in the literary world!