In our afternoon reading: an interview with Alissa Nutting, new writing by Wendy Trevino, and much more.
Weekend Bites: Michiko Kakutani Interviewed, Keith Gessen, Alissa Nutting Fiction, This Is Not This Heat, and More
In our weekend reading: interviews with Michiko Kakutani and This Is Not This Heat, fiction by Alissa Nutting, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Alissa Nutting and Catherine Lacey, Jarret Middleton Nonfiction, Celeste Ng Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: a look at new novels by Alissa Nutting and Catherine Lacey, Tom Waits on screen, translating “The Queue,” and more.
Afternoon Bites: Alissa Nutting Interviewed, Moss Angel, China Miéville’s Latest, Julia Fierro, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Alissa Nutting and Julia Fierro, new writing from Brandon Taylor and Moss Angel, and more.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Cocaine Nightmare: “Hotel Living” by Ioannis Pappos
Nothing succeeds like excess in fiction — excess, and the inevitable downfall it foreshadows. You realize that all the sexual escapades and expensive art that Joris-Karl Huysmans’s dandy protagonist in À rebours racks up won’t fill the massive void in his soul, that the sprawling and ornate Gilded Age homes around Fifth Avenue in Edith Wharton’s novels hide dark secrets within their walls, and the gin at Gatsby’s house parties will have to stop flowing sooner rather than later. The good times, […]
Morning Bites: Laurie Penny’s Advice, Chloe Caldwell Interviewed, Alissa Nutting Fiction, Jenny Zhang and Monica McClure, and More
In our Wednesday morning reading: advice from Laurie Penny, Jenny Zhang and Monica McClure on race and humor, new Alissa Nutting fiction, an interview with Chloe Caldwell, and more.
Weekend Bites: Roxane Gay Interviewed, Alissa Nutting’s Reading List, Writers and “Minecraft,” Talking “A Master Builder,” and More
An interview with Roxane Gay, recommended listening from Lance Olsen and Greg Cartwright, new Frank Hinton fiction, talking with Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory, and Jonathan Demme, and more.
Afternoon Bites: New Alissa Nutting Fiction, Literary Kazakhstan, Matt Fraction Talks Film, Raymond Pettibon, and More
Talking film with Matt Fraction; reading a new Alissa Nutting short story; an exploration of literary Kazakhstan; thoughts on Raymond Pettibon’s new show; and more.