Justin Taylor looked back on his year in books and in life.

Literary Hub named their picks for the year’s best books.

Jonathon Sturgeon on the year’s best literary criticism.

At The Awl: Carrie Fry on Arctic explorations.

At Entropy, a review of Michael Fournier’s novel Swing State.

Hanging Like a Hex on the best music of 2015.

The time Jesse Michaels and Leftöver Crack played Operation Ivy songs.

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