Barbara Comyns – Page 2 – Vol. 1 Brooklyn

Vol.1 Brooklyn’s November 2015 Books Preview

November 2, 2015 No Comments

This month looks to be a decidedly interesting month for books. There’s surreal fiction that carves out its own space in which to thrive, reissues of compelling work from the first half of the 20th century, an unexpected look at science fiction favorites, and a return from one of the best nonfiction writers out there. There’s plenty due out this month to capture a reader’s attention. Here are several of the books that have caught our eye for the month […]

Bites

Morning Bites: Kerry Howley Nonfiction, Brooklyn Eagles Longlist, Elijah Wald Interviewed, Nick Tosches, and More

August 5, 2015 No Comments

In our morning reading: new writing from Kerry Howley, checking in with Issa Rae, interviews with Elijah Wald and Nick Tosches, and more.

Bites

Morning Bites: Grace Jones’s Memoir, Genius Grants, James Baldwin’s Essays, Parquet Courts Mixtape, and More

September 25, 2013 No Comments

Genius grants for Donald Antrim and Karen Russell, looking back at James Baldwin’s essays, Parquet Courts has a mixtape, Jeff Jackson has a playlist, and more.

Indexing

Indexing: Nu Stadium Rock, Steve Erickson, Peaking Lights Made a Mix, “Empire Records” & Record Store Day, Barbara Comyns, And More

April 21, 2012 No Comments

A roundup of things consumed by our contributors.

Books

Eating Like You’re in Edwardian London With a Barbara Comyns Character

April 2, 2012 No Comments

The book: The Vet’s Daughter (NYRB Classics) by Barbara Comyns Pairing: A full English breakfast, hopefully not at the expense of someone else.

Indexing

Indexing: Lexicon Valley, Revisiting Joshua Cohen, Renner Recommended, Misfit Movies, and More

March 10, 2012 No Comments

Jen Vafidis If by anything, this week has been overwhelmed by the Slate Lexicon Valley podcast (Car Talk for word nerds!) and Julia Holter’s latest album, Ekstasis. I blame the weather in New York, which was way more conducive to headphones and walks than coffee and armchairs.

Books

A year of favorites: Tobias’s Best Of Not-2011

December 21, 2011 1 Comment

Posted by Tobias Carroll This is the second of two lists of the books I read this year that I most enjoyed. Here, the focus is on older books that I first encountered this year; strangely, the focus here is much more on fiction than on my other list, and I’m a little uneasy that this list is far more dude-heavy than its counterpart. I wasn’t entirely sure where to fit Michael Kimball’s Us, an older novel revised for its […]

Books, reviews

Review: “Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead”

March 15, 2011 No Comments

Review by Tobias Carroll Barbara Comyns Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead Dorothy, a publishing project; 193 p. Late last year, The Rumpus reprinted Brian Evenson’s introduction to Dorothy, a publishing project’s new edition of Barbara Comyns’s 1954 novel Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead. Evenson’s endorsement, his enumerations of Comyns’s preferred themes and use of language, and some of the imagery cited all combined to pique this reader’s interest in her work. (A rule of thumb: any […]