Posted by Jason Diamond Via Daniel Massey’s Twitter: That’s Keith Gessen getting arrested at the Occupy protests going on right now. So now we’ve got freedom of the press being shit on, Jewish things being destroyed, and (more) intellectuals being arrested. Wonderful. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn presents: The Greatest 3-Minute Stories About The 90s
So we’re sure you’ve heard the whole “The 90s are back” thing at least once a day for the last six month, and maybe you’re tired of it, or maybe you can’t get enough of it. Maybe you are sitting around holding out that some Pitchfork “Best New Music” mentions Candlebox as an influence. Maybe you’re clutching a Delia’s catalog from the days when Y2K was an actual worry. Or maybe, just maybe, you’re hoping for a bunch of readers to tell […]
Morning Bites: 2011 NBA champions, John Hodgman on OWS, Amis on DeLillo, Kurt Vile pics, and more
Jesmyn Ward, Nikky Finney, and Stephen Greenblatt became the only people that will be able to say that they won anything from the NBA in 2011. The Washington Post has a nice Twitter timeline of the National Book Award happenings, and The New York Times has a rundown as well. John Hodgman explains what Occupy Wall Street, Herman Cain, and the musical Cats have in common. Martin Amis talks of Don DeLillo’s “prophetic soul.” (Thanks Gabrielle Gantz for the tip) Ann Beattie talks to […]
Quotable: Lack of sex for female rockers and Sweet Valley High knowledge
They don’t like me for my witty quips and knowledge of Sweet Valley High books; they like me for being in a band. – Ellen Campesinos! of Los Campesinos! talks about all the sex she doesn’t get on tour at Nerve. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.
The Low Times podcast is an actual thing
Posted by Jason Diamond If Vol. 1 events were Dean Martin Roasts, Maggie Serota would probably be our Don Rickles. She does a few events with us every year, and when she does, she’s usually one of the funniest readers of the night. Also, if Vol. 1 events were Dean Martin Roasts, that would mean I’m Dean Martin since I normally host them. Now would that make Toby the Johnny Carson? The reason I’m telling you this is because our […]
Morning Bites: Post-Ann Beattie, Taylor on Stephen King, Downton Disco, bad Life covers, and more
Now that Ann Beattie’s Mrs. Nixon is out, what First Lady deserves the fiction treatment next? Justin Taylor talking about Stephen King is one of those things you think would be cool if it happened. Then one day it does, and you’re like, “Holy shit! That was awesome!” Such is the case with his piece at Tor.com. Robert Birnbaum of The Morning News sits down with Nicole Krauss. The worst covers of Life Magazine as picked by Life Magazine. (Thanks […]
Conversation: Dennis Cooper
Interview by Jon Reiss Dennis Cooper has been called “America’s most dangerous writer,” and thus, it’s no surprise that he’s also one of the most publicly criticized writers on the literary scene. For many, Cooper is a character, the guy who writes that really out there shit, a figure most comfortably marginalized rather than explored. Cooper’s work has been compartmentalized as “shock fiction” or “gay fiction “ or “ gay shock fiction” and has existed as a mainly underground, cult […]