Remembering the late filmmaker Alain Resnais.

The Tournament of Books kicks off today with Life After Life facing off against Woke Up Lonely.

Hassan Blasim’s The Corpse Exhibition was reviewed at The Rumpus.

At the Los Angeles Review of Books, notes on Gilbert Hernandez’s Julio’s Day.

Talking rock novels at The Nervous Breakdown.

Talking Discharge at The New Inquiry.

Frank Gehry and Alexander Calder, considered at the Los Angeles Times.

Michael T. Fournier offers tips for your 33 1/3 pitch.

Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.