In our morning reading: interviews with Hala Alyan and Kim Fu, a literary look at malls, and more.
The Equipment is Spare & Draconian: An Interview With Andrew Weatherhead
Judge a book by its title. It’s a good idea. I bought $50,000 because it’s called $50,000 (and because Publishing Genius never lets me down). Since I first opened the book and read it in one sitting, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I read it again. And then a third time. And then I found myself walking to work thinking, Writing poems like invoicing a prior self, and then I stopped walking and whispered to myself, “That’s the best line I ever wrote.” But I didn’t write it. Andrew Weatherhead did.
Morning Bites: Tade Thompson’s Latest, Andrew Weatherhead, Lacy M. Johnson Interviewed, Inês Pedrosa, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on books by Tade Thompson and Inês Pedrosa, an interview with Lacy M. Johnson, and more.