J. David Osborne interviewed Meredith Alling about her new collection Sing the Song.

At Nylon, Kristin Iversen wrote about 2017’s most anticipated books.

Gabino Iglesias wrote about dumpster diving for books.

At the New York Times, the year’s best poetry.

Alanna Massey on 2016 in plagues.

At Pitchfork, thoughts on Ben Frost’s Iain Banks-inspired music.

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