Brittle Paper published an excerpt from Tochi Onyebuchi’s Goliath.

PEN provided an alarming update to what they’ve dubbed an “education culture war.”

At the New York Times, Geoff Dyer revisited the works of Elizabeth Taylor.

Helena Fitzgerald wrote about the last week of the year at The Atlantic.

The Literary Review of Canada delved into horror fiction by David Demchuk and A.C. Wise.

What does it take to make a home library happen?

The Creative Independent interviewed musician Kira Roessler.

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