Some notes on the return of Kenward Elmslie’s The Orchard Stories.

At The Millions, Lisa Lucas discussed her year in reading.

The Out Door shared their 15 favorite albums of 2016.

Lauren LeBlanc on Chloe Caldwell’s I’ll Tell You In Person.

At the Creative Independent, scenes from this week’s Art After Trump event.

Adrian Nathan West on the writings of Viktor Shklovsky.

At Men’s Journal, Michael Schaub on the 40 best books of the year.

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