Afternoon Bites: Howard Jacobson, Amelia Gray, Literary Hype, and More

Do you maybe want to see Howard Jacobson at the NYPL?

• “Trying to describe experimental writing by linking certain forms to it, like stream-of-consciousness or changes in point of view, is like trying to describe a protest by noting that the protesters were carrying signs and shouting or walking arm-in-arm and singing.” –Amelia Gray, interviewed about experimental literature at HTML Giant.

• Some interesting thoughts on the current state of literary hype over at the Tournament of Books.

• Sen. Tom Coburn taking on the Grateful Dead Archive.