In our afternoon reading: a review of Philip Glass’s new book, interviews with Roxane Gay and Cheryl Strayed, new fiction from Adrian Van Young, and more.
Morning Bites: Michael Faber, Bindercon Report, Casting “Zeroville,” Yo La Tengo Reissued, and More
In our morning reading: Michael Faber on his last novel, an interview with Megan Stielstra, Adrian Van Young on horror, new writing from Ben Tanzer, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Marie-Helene Bertino, The Faulkner Museum, Aimee Bender Interviewed, Witold Gombrowicz, and More
An excerpt from Marie-Helene Bertino’s new novel, a look at the Faulkner Museum, revisiting Witold Gombrowitz, Thao Nguyen at MoMA, and more.
Morning Bites: Neil Gaiman Interviewed, Geoff Dyer’s Surrealism, New Adrian Van Young Fiction, Kate Christensen, and More
Interviews with Neil Gaiman, Mimi Lipson, and Kate Christensen; thoughts on Geoff Dyer; new music from Web of Sunsets; talking with goat farmers; and more.
Afternoon Bites: Tom Williams Interviewed, Bob Mould, K Records Newsletters, The Raincoats Book, and More
Cari Luna talks with Tom Williams, The Raincoats get a 33 1/3, new writing on music from Norman Brannon, an interview with Lauren Cerand, Adrian Van Young on apocalypses, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Knausgaard and Painting, New Lipsyte Fiction, Mitchell S. Jackson, Linn Ullmann Reviewed, and More
This afternoon: new writing from Mitchell S. Jackson and Sam Lipsyte, Adrian Van Young on Linn Ullmann’s latest, Father John Misty on writing songs and books, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Gary Shteyngart Interviewed, LA Times Book Prize, Sarah Churchwell, “Pretzel Logic” at Forty, and More
This afternoon: read Adrian Van Young’s story from Gigantic Worlds, listen to new music from Zachary Lipez’s new band, check out an interview with Gary Shteyngart, hear Ed Champion and Sarah Churchwell talk Fitzgerald, and more.
#tobyreads: Welcome, Dread: Adrian Van Young, Yoko Ogawa, and Manuel Gonzales Take a Turn for the Gothic
And sometimes, you want a scary story — or close to a dozen of them. The three books discussed here today — Yoko Ogawa’s Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales, Adrian Van Young’s The Man Who Noticed Everything, and Manuel Gonzales’s The Miniature Wife and Other Stories — balance literary craftsmanship with a knack for the uncanny. Whether evoking quotidian rhythms only to replace them with something more sinister or shifting tales of upset lives into something more structurally ambitious, these books unnerve even as they intrigue.