On Wednesday, March 21st, we’re proud to present (along with our friends at the Jewish Book Council) a panel of five writers discussing the state of the Jewish-American writer and novel. Michelle Haimoff (These Days Are Ours), Sharon Pomerantz (Rich Boy), Joanna Smith Rakoff (A Fortunate Age), Adam Wilson (Flatscreen), and Jeffery Oliver (Failure to Thrive) will speak, with our own Jason Diamond serving as moderator. The event is free, starts at 7, and is taking place at Housing Works. […]
Indexing: Lexicon Valley, Revisiting Joshua Cohen, Renner Recommended, Misfit Movies, and More
Jen Vafidis If by anything, this week has been overwhelmed by the Slate Lexicon Valley podcast (Car Talk for word nerds!) and Julia Holter’s latest album, Ekstasis. I blame the weather in New York, which was way more conducive to headphones and walks than coffee and armchairs.
Afternoon Bites: Ellen Ullman Interviewed, The Shins Return, Scott McClanahan Collected, And More
Scott McClanahan’s The Collected Works Vol.1 will be out later this year on Lazy Fascist. We are incredibly excited about this. Ben Ratliff on The Men and their new bass player. On their blog, WORD chats with Ellen Ullman. Guy LeCharles Gonzalez on ebooks and libraries. The latest Bat Segundo show interviewee is Vol.1 favorite Adam Wilson. Michaelangelo Matos checks out The Shins at Le Poisson Rouge. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Afternoon Bites: Nick Antosca on Satire, Rosie Schaap on Soccer Bars, Brian Evenson and Rob Zombie Team Up, And More
Adam Wilson made Electric Literature a mixtape. Also, he weighs in on the eternal Klosterman/tUnE-yArDs debate: “I like Chuck Klosterman a lot, but he’s totally wrong.” (In case you missed it, Joe Winkler reviewed Wilson’s Flatscreen earlier this week.) Roxane Gay puts in her two cents on the whole Franzen/Twitter kerfuffle. The Collagist catches up with Nick Antosca, author of Midnight Picnic and The Obese. Mike Pace, singer/guitarist of the sorely missed Oxford Collapse, is back with a new project, […]
Cultural Narratives, Slacker Lives, and Pop Allusions: On Adam Wilson’s “Flatscreen”
Flatscreen by Adam Wilson Harper Perennial, 336 p. Can I curse in a review? I think I can curse in a review, so here’s my two word review of Adam Wilson’s debut novel Flatscreen: holy shit.
Morning Bites: Hunger Games Love, Literary Paris, Nadler & Blackshaw, Whitney Biennial, And More
Suzanne Collins really loves the Hunger Games movie. Mostly because it’s going to make her upwards to eleven bazillion dollars, but also because it does look pretty damn good. Esi Edugyan talks to CNN about her book, Half-Blood Blues. Jacob Silverman talks to Adam Wilson about Flatscreen, Texas, and Wilson’s inner-slacker. Going to Paris? Like books? Have we got the guide for you! Mother Jones loves the ladies. Peter Schjeldahl at The New Yorker on how the Whitney Biennial “surprises and […]
Morning Bites: Shawn & Gregory Return, Reading Eileen Myles While Watching Her Cats, Depression Novels, Thoreau Paintball, and More
Wallace Shawn and André Gregory next project will be a filmed version of Ibsen’s “Master Builder,” adapted by Mr. Shawn and directed for the screen by Jonathan Demme. No word if Shawn will somehow involve Deborah Eisenberg in the process, but we can hold out hope. “When I first read Inferno, I was cat-sitting for you, and I was up all night reading it.” – CA Conrad talks to Eileen Myles for BOMB, and discusses the best possible situation for […]
The Week In Reviews: Dyer’s Russian Madness, Bolaño’s Reich, Adam Wilson’s Rewards, Shake Shack’s Burgers, And more
A weekly appreciation for the art of the review.