We hope you’re nursing your SOTU hangovers with juice, coffee, or the only SOTU one really needs. A long lost letter from renowned creepy genius (and word game enthusiast, per the above picture) T.S. Eliot has been found. Dwight Garner bares his teeth in his NYT review of Jamaica Kincaid’s latest novel, saying it “asks little of us, and gives little in return.” Over at BOMB‘s blog, Hoa Nguyen talks about what her poetry takes from dreams, Leonard Cohen, and […]

Of note: Michelle Tea has assembled a lookbook for Grace Krilanovich’s 2010 novel The Orange Eats Creeps. As we await the forthcoming novel that Krilanovich alludes to in this interview, it might be worthwhile to remember just how vital The Orange Eats Creeps (and the themes and images it contains) remains. Specifically, note this quote from Krilanovich’s Book Notes at Largehearted Boy:  …the hijinks of shock rockers (male) is telling because even here, at the very edge of decency, there was a glass ceiling. […]

Justin Maurer has just released a collection, Seventeen Television, via Vol.1 Brooklyn. To celebrate its release, Justin will be reading at Book Thug Nation beginning at 7 p.m. on November 27th. (Facebook RSVP here.) The full lineup: * Justin Maurer * Cassie J. Sneider * Sean H. Doyle * Aaron Lake Smith Justin’s other East Coast readings include: Sunday, November 18th, 7:00 p.m. Justin Maurer, Cassie J. Sneider, and James Generic Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South Street, Philadelphia, PA Saturday, November 24th, […]

Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue are re-recording their duet “Where The Wild Roses Grow.” The time Orson Welles broadcast Fitzgerald’s “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.” Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are adapting an Oscar Wilde short story. And Ennio Morricone will be providing the music… Revisiting The House With a Clock in its Walls. Kim O’Connor on Chris Ware’s Building Stories. Margaret Atwood digs Joyland. Carl Wilson on ambiguity. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.