“…she is an author who writes to tease and complicate her world, not to convince others it is valid.” Rachel Kaadzki Ghansah on Toni Morrison.

The Oyster Review of Books on the best books of the decade (so far).

Brandon Stosuy wrote about Waxahatchee’s new album Ivy Tripp.

The new president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music has been announced.

Alexis Coe wrote about the Russian River for Pacific Standard.

Spencer Ackerman wrote about the growing differences between Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire.

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