Rachel Vorona Cote makes the case for the greatness of Maggie Tulliver in The Mill on the Floss.

A look at the effort to get more literary events happening at Coney Island.

Bookforum reviewed Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties.

At Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz talked with Spike Lee about revisiting She’s Gotta Have It.

Delving into the ethical questions behind DC Comics’ Doomsday Clock.

Pitchfork has assembled a list of some high points from the ECM discography.

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