Marlon James was interviewed at Gawker.

What was the year’s best cultural criticism? What were the year’s best sentences?

Pitchfork have named their picks for the best albums of 2014.

Alexander Chee on Martin Amis’s The Zone of Interest.

Laura Miller discussed the video game Broken Age.

Tobias Carroll looks at the recent rise of essays, and where its roots might be.

At Dusted: a review of a new collection of music from The Pop Group.

Gabino Iglesias discussed reviewing books.

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