At The Dissolve: news of a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Blunderer.

Maris Kreizman discusses her favorite books of 2014.

Claudia Rankine talked with the Times.

At Pitchfork, Jason Heller reviewed the reissue of Songs:Ohia’s Didn’t It Rain.

Guernica has new fiction from Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir.

The soon-t0-launch literary website Real Pants sounds very promising.

Doug Mosurock reviewed Fugazi’s First Demo at Still Single.

At Brooklyn Magazine, a look at the history and current status of music blogs.

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