At Dusted, Marc Medwin looks at the new edition of William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops. Edward Albee talks with Jesse Green for New York. Dustin Kurtz takes us through Banned Books Week. Warren Ellis on politics and blasphemy. The Los Angeles Review of Books: now with 100% more Supreme Court Justice interviews. Design Observer has announced the winners of the 50 Books / 50 Covers competition. Tim Callahan revisits Alan Moore’s Promethea. Maura Johnston looks at Miguel’s Kaleidoscope Dream. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google […]
Afternoon Bites: James M. Cain, Matt Bell and Jac Jemc Interviewed, Alan Moore on Stan Lee, and More
Matt Bell and Jac Jemc wrote two of our favorite books of 2012. And now Word Riot has an interview with both of them. Sean Howe has unearthed a 1983 essay about Stan Lee by Alan Moore. New Neurosis, everybody. Michael Connelly on James M. Cain’s lost novel. Michael Kimball made Largehearted Boy a playlist, and also chatted with Blake Butler at Vice. Julie McArthur’s story “Rivals” is highly recommended. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Things Written About “The Unwritten”
Posted by Tobias Carroll Over at Techland, a quartet of smart writers takes a look at Inside Man, the second collection of Mike Carey and Peter Gross’s comic book The Unwritten. The first collection, Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity, suggested that the series would be something resembling a metafictional take on the Harry Potter phenomenon. This volume suggests that Carey and Gross’s concerns are far more ambitious — and, as Techland’s roundtable suggests, this has benefits and drawbacks. (One […]
Bites: Dante’s Ornaments, William Burroughs Christmas, PEN Year in Review, Gettin’ Orwellian, Sherlock Gets Reviewed, and More
Dante’s Inferno for the holidays? It’s a William Burroughs Christmas! (Thanks Maud Newton) New York Shitty finds us a bummer of a Christmas story from the archives of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Lit. PEN gives us their year in review. The Daily Beast writers pick their favorite books. An interview with Alan Moore over at Vice. Shit’s gettin’ mad Orwellian up in England. Huffington Post has a bunch of books they liked in 2009. Film The 00’s were a pretty […]
Alan Moore is Another Year Older, Still Awesomer Than Many of Us
What would I do without Neil Gaiman’s Twitter? I don’t think I would have known about this: So yeh, happy birthday Alan Moore (pictured above). Although I’m sure a couple of librarians in Kentucky aren’t celebrating today. Alan’s been busy writing lyrics to an opera with Gorillaz