At the Los Angeles Review of Books, thoughts on Myriam Gurba’s Mean.

Kristen Radtke on her year in reading, at The Millions.

Larissa Pham discussed the reaction to “Cat Person” and what it says about us as readers.

Colin Dickey makes the case for telling ghost stories at Christmas.

Pitchfork named their picks for the best experimental albums of the year.

At Dusted, a roundtable discussion of the new box set of The Fall’s singles.

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