Mat Johnson has a new essay in the New York Times Magazine.

László Krasznahorkai has won this year’s Man Booker International Prize.

Noah Cicero and xTx talked at The Nervous Breakdown.

At Pitchfork: a review of an extensive Cecil Taylor reissue set.

The Brooklyn Museum has a new director.

Margaret Eby interviewed Alton Brown.

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