Nikesh Shukla is raising funds for an anthology featuring essays from “fifteen emerging British black, Asian and minority ethnic writers, poets, journalists and artists.”

At BuzzFeed, Isaac Fitzgerald on the 24 best fiction books of the year. Also of note: his essay “Why I Stopped Running From New York.”

Some amazing artists can be heard on the Black Lives Matter benefit compilation No Rudio No Noise.

Jenn Northington assembled a list of morally complicated YA novels.

Notes on some underappreciated Alan Moore comics.

At the Barnes & Noble Review: notes on Paul Murray’s new novel.

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