Weekend reads: Week of October 1, 2023

Here's a collection of literary posts that we didn't have a chance to share on our reader blog this week.

• Read the story "Extinction" by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi (Electric Literature)

• Cat Bohannon on evolution, menopause and why she was happy to donate her eggs to a friend (The Guardian)

• Khaled Hosseini on the 20th anniversary of The Kite Runner (Literary Hub)