In our morning reading: thoughts on books by Andrés Neuman and George Saunders, an interview with Alice Kaltman, and more.
Found in Translation: Notes on Andres Neuman’s “Traveler of the Century”
Traveller of the Century by Andrés Neuman; translated by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 576 p. Being in the right place at the right time is an achievement. But ‘place’ or ‘time’ pale in comparison to the company. As hollow as San Francisco’s Haight- Ashbury or Paris’s St. Germain feel today, they remain sanctified because they will always be tethered to their respective generations. We go there in search of serendipity, desperate to preserve a moment. For […]
Morning Bites: Poe Drawings, Prep Scandals, Andrés Neuman, Iceman on Broadway, and More
Jennifer Miller tells Flavorwire about some real-life prep school scandals. Spin lists five ways Maurice Sendak influenced music. The Coffin Factory reviews Travelers of the Century by Andrés Neuman. Some “disturbing” 1919 illustrations for an Edgar Allan Poe collection. Should The Iceman Cometh cometh to Broadway? Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender. Abraham Lincoln as O.G. Mark Zuckerberg. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Indexing: Talking “Veep,” Awesome Tapes From Africa, Jac Jemc’s “My Only Wife,” Unreliable Narrators, Benjamin Disraeli, And More
Items of interest from Vol. 1 contributors.
Indexing: Turing Machine, John McPhee’s “The Pine Barrens,” Revisiting Coleridge, Andrés Neuman, and More
Items of interest from Vol. 1 contributors.