As the countdown begins for the release of one of the most anticipated collections of the year, Joshua Cohen’s Four New Messages (Graywolf Press), a little teaser emerges in the form of the above short film directed by Brian Spinks.

The book comes out August 7th, and I’ll be talking with Mr. Cohen on August 9th at McNally Jackson. If you don’t feel like that’s enough time to read the whole thing (it’s less than 200 pages…), one of the stories appears in this month’s issue of Harper’s.

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