“Writers and storytellers as a whole are curators of our common humanity. This is difficult because we curate not just the good, but also the bad, the totality that makes us beautiful.” Chris Abani talks to Lauren Cerand at PEN.

Tavi Gevinson talked with the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Highlights from Robert Christgau’s year in reading.

Jerry Saltz on MoMA’s expansion.

Looking at Judy Blume and Lena Dunham’s reading list.

Making the case for novellas at Electric Literature.

Jenn Pelly on Arizona’s Ascetic House.

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