In our afternoon reading: interviews with Alice Bag and Will Oldham, an essay from Jen Doll, a playlist from Troy James Weaver, and more.
Weekend Bites: Harry Crews Biography, Alice Bag Interviewed, Jen George, Carl Wilson on Paul Simon, and More
In our weekend reading: a look at a new Harry Crews biography, an interview with Alice Bag, new nonfiction from Yahdon Israel, and more.
Morning Bites: “Black Wings Has My Angel” Reviewed, Kristine Ong Muslim’s Latest, Chicago Books, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on books by Elliott Chaze and Kristine Ong Muslim, notable forthcoming books about Chicago, and more.
Morning Bites: Booksellers’ Fall Preview, Wordstock, Rich Cohen on Lake Michigan, Alice Bag, and More
In our morning reading: booksellers on the fall’s most anticipated books, new nonfiction from Rich Cohen, literary Finland, a look at Portland’s Wordstock, and more.
When Alice Bag Went to Nicaragua
It has always bothered me a bit that the Los Angeles punk scene of the late 1970s and early 80s is viewed by some as being sort of behind New York and London in terms of importance and influence, when the fact is that it’s really the opposite: Los Angeles was just as interesting, if not more so, than those other places. For every person I see reading Please Kill Me (which is a crucial book, no doubt), I really […]
Morning Bites: James Hannaham’s Latest, 2014 VIDA Count, A Masha Gessen Excerpt, Alice Bag, and More
In our morning reading: the 2014 VIDA count is announced, a review of James Hannaham’s new novel, Chelsea Hodson’s sartorial collaboration, an excerpt from Masha Gessen’s new book, and more.
#tobyreads: Space Travel is Boring
So: The Book of Strange New Things. I’d been curious about Michael Faber’s new novel for a while, and cracked into it earlier this week. The setup is simple and almost archetypal: in the near future, a man named Peter is set on a mission to minister to a group of aliens on a distant planet, while his beloved wife Beatrice stays behind on an Earth in which existing economic and environmental tensions are ratcheting up even higher. The terrain over which […]
Morning Bites: Rushdie pulls out, Padgett Powell, Downton lit zombies, Alice Bag reviewed, and more
Salman Rushdie has pulled out of Jaipur literature festival, saying he fears assassination Muslim clerics protested against his participation. Cannonball Blog reviews Alice Bag’s Violence Girl. How Padgett Powell has written his way out of conventional storytelling. Is Downton Abbey reviving the careers of long dead authors? Dolan Morgan on the mythology of hijacking at Fortnight. (Also, read Dolan’s Sunday Story while you’re at it.) Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr. Got tips for Bites? Info@Vol1brooklyn.com