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Weekend Bites: Revisiting Jamaica Kincaid, “The Wiz”‘s Legacy, Melissa Febos Nonfiction, and More

August 16, 2025 No Comments

My Garden Book
In our weekend reading: revisiting the books of Jamaica Kincaid, nonfiction by Melissa Febos, and more.
Sunday Stories is off this week and will return next week.

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Weekend Bites: Álvaro Enrigue Interviewed, Revisiting Bret Easton Ellis, Ross Gay’s Latest, and More

March 30, 2024 No Comments

"You Dreamed of Empires"
In our weekend reading: an interview with Álvaro Enrigue, March books in translation, and more.

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Morning Bites: Bret Easton Ellis’s Latest, Adapting Ottessa Moshfegh, Sports Novels, and More

January 23, 2023 No Comments

"The Shards" cover
In our morning reading: thoughts on Bret Easton Ellis’s new novel, notable sports novels, and more.

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Morning Bites: Belle and Sebastian’s Latest, Jen Michalski’s Playlist, Meredith Gran’s Comics, and More

January 12, 2023 No Comments

"Late Developers" cover
In our morning reading: thoughts on Belle and Sebastian’s new album, an interview with Kashana Cauley, and more.

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Morning Bites: Maria Teresa Hart on Dolls, Maud Newton’s Recommendations, Revisiting “Less Than Zero,” and More

December 16, 2022 No Comments

"Doll"
In our morning reading: an interview with Maria Teresa Hart, Maud Newton on her year in books, and more.

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Afternoon Bites: Teju Cole Talks Art, Luke B. Goebel on Process, Tom Tom Magazine, Ascetic House Live, and More

July 9, 2014 No Comments

teju-cole

Thoughts on art from Teju Cole, thoughts on writing from Luke B. Goebel, Ascetic House-affiliated bands play NYC, notes on privacy and science fiction, and more.

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Afternoon Bites: Zadie Smith, A Leslie Jamison Essay, New Matt Bell Fiction, Damien Barr’s Playlist, and More

April 16, 2014 No Comments

zadie-smith

New fiction from Zadie Smith and Matt Bell, an essay from Leslie Jamison, revisiting American Psycho, talking with Adam Wilson, and more.

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Morning Bites: Teju Cole, Victor LaValle on Shirley Jackson’s “The Sundial”, Laura van den Berg Interviewed, White Lung’s Latest, and More

March 7, 2014 No Comments

 jackson-sundial

This morning: Victor LaValle on an underrated Shirley Jackson novel, interviews with Laura van den Berg and Teju Cole, Bret Easton Ellis scripts a Dum Dum Girls video, a look at the Wes Anderson-Stefan Zweig connection, and more.

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Sunday Stories

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Essays

  • I Am Quite at My Leisure
  • How Art School Is A Scam (And Also Totally Necessary) 
  • Notes on Darius Jones’s “Legend of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye)”
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