Friday's Literary Grab Bag

Friday’s news has the spark of hard work and the flame of applause. Japanese writer Haruki Murakami finally releases his new novel, Iggy Pop likens literature to hard drugs, and Garcia Marquez gets his biographical due; there’s an excellent essay in The Elegant Variation about editing Fitzerald’s Gatsby, and finally, a new burner on the stove lights up as Reif Larson’s debut novel is praised in the Boston Globe. Enjoy!
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