In the New York Times Magazine, Marlon James wrote about leaving Jamaica.

Elisabeth Donnelly wrote about Paul Beatty for The Guardian.

Bill Buford wrote about cookbooks and Brooks Headley.

Lincoln Michel wrote about the end of the genre wars for Electric Literature.

There’s new writing from Bijan Stephen at Adult.

Tyler Coates wrote about race and sexuality in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

At Hazlitt: a look at recent memoirs of music and downtown NYC.

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