Brad Nelson talked with Mesarthim at Bandcamp.

At Rolling Stone, Rob Sheffield on the importance of George Michael.

Emma Bracy on race, America, and the year that was at Hazlitt.

Lucie Britsch wrote about Christmas stories at The Millions.

Revisiting Bresson on Bresson at Hyperallergic.

There’s new fiction from Delynn S. Willis at Joyland.

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