Full Stop reviewed Mairead Case’s See You in the Morning.

At The Muse, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd wrote about Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Jim Ruland wrote about the highlights of his year in books.

Neko Case discussed her love of heavy metal.

Recommended Reading has new Colin Winnette fiction.

At Longreads: new nonfiction from Sandra Rodríguez Nieto.

Jerry Saltz on the life and art of Ellsworth Kelly.

At Bustle, some recommendations for late holiday gifts for yourself, in a literary vein.

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