WORD has noted all of the books and authors mentioned in Patti Smith’s M Train.

Largehearted Boy’s favorite novels of 2015.

Elisabeth Donnelly interviewed Uzo Aduba for Brooklyn Magazine.

At Slate: thoughts on the underrated books of 2015.

Jon McGregor on the need to think outside the box make literary events.

J. David Osborne with thoughts on publishers large, small, and self.

At The Quietus: a review of the Alex Chilton/Alan Vega/Ben Vaughn collaboration Cubist Blues.

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