Good evening readers. Here's your round-up of today's must-read literary news, commentary and fiction.

A few little-known Hanukkah stories The New Yorker
Ta-Nehisi Coates on the importance of Kwanzaa The Atlantic
Christmas is not the only thing that's commodified Lithub
Ocean Vuong and Alexander Chee discuss how to balance dreams of literary fame and buying their moms houses Bon Magazine
Branko Milanovic, the author of "Global Inequality," explains the chaos of 2016 The New Republic
Eileen Myles' poem "Merry Christmas, Dr. Title," about a place she doesn't go anymore BOMB Magazine
Lewis Lapham re-politicizes A Christmas Carol Lapham's Quarterly

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