Monthly Archives: October 2011
Afternoon Bites: Writers’ Ghosts, Granta, Joan Didion, and more
Lisa Fetchko on José Donoso’s The Lizard’s Tale: “Donoso is at his best when exploring our most twisted emotions. His male characters have hopelessly complicated feelings about women; his upper-class characters are consumed with guilt as they cling to privilege; … Continue reading
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Rose Peddles – The Best of Charlie Rose Interviewing Authors: Slavoj Žižek
Posted by Nick Curley Case File: Slavoj Zizek Air Date: October 26th, 2011 Botanica (Summary): In his first appearance on the show, Zizek – Slovenia’s hottest Lacanian philosopher – praises PBS from right outta the gate, while sporting the look … Continue reading
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Seth Fried is his own favorite person
Posted by Jason Diamond The days when I predicted Seth Fried would become one of my favorite new authors are long behind us. Having read and loved The Great Frustration, I’m now officially a prophet who is trying to parlay … Continue reading
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Morning Bites: Getting Goon Squad, the bespoke library, Megan Boyle, Drew Magary, and more
A print shop reopens in lower Manhattan. A suggestion that Hilary Swank should get all A Visit From The Goon Squad to take care of the criticism she’s receiving for accepting a fee to fly to Chechnya and celebrate the birthday of its president (and notorious ignorer … Continue reading
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Indexing: Geoff Dyer, Roxane Gay, Autumn music, Roland Barthes, Flannery O’Connor, and more
A roundup of things consumed by our editors. Tobias Carroll Finished Geoff Dyer’s Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasai last weekend for one of the book groups I’m in. At first, I wasn’t as impressed with it as I’d been with … Continue reading
Afternoon Bites: Akashic Books, John D’Agata, Permanent Wave, and more
“While we are beyond delighted at the success of Go the Fuck to Sleep, my life and life at Akashic has not changed that much…” MobyLives checks in with Akashic’s Johnny Temple. Thomas Ross looks at Floyd Skloot’s short story collection Cream of … Continue reading
The pre-Sag Harbor, pre-zombie music writings of Colson Whitehead are available
Posted by Tobias Carroll In a reasonably genius move, the Village Voice‘s Sound of the City music blog is reprinting some of the record reviews that Colson Whitehead wrote for said newspaper in the early 90s. First up: Basehead’s Not … Continue reading
Morning Bites: Victorian Spiritualists, Phantom Tollbooth, Halloween plans, letters from Burroughs, and more
Best title of the day: “Victorian ectoplasm-producing mediums: freaks or fakes?” Letters from William Burroughs. A documentary on 50 years of The Phantom Tollbooth. We wrote an essay on the book’s birthday as well. If your Halloween plans include watching … Continue reading
Pages Will Be Turned
Given some of the writers involved, we suspect that many of you will find the Page Turner Festival to be of interest. It kicks off tonight, with the bulk of events taking place in DUMBO on Saturday, including appearances from … Continue reading
