“I have been waiting all my life for what 2014 has brought.” New writing from Rebecca Solnit at The Guardian.

Juliet Escoria discusses the 2015 books for which she’s most excited.

“I know Lester Bangs wasn’t technically a ‘comic writer,’ but he always made me laugh reading him.” Patton Oswalt talked books with the Times.

New writing from Emily Gould on pregnancy, identity, and a Meghan Daum essay.

Charles Burns on H.P. Lovecraft.

At Dazed, a list of literary people to watch in the new year.

Tom McCarthy discussed realism for the London Review of Books.

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