In our afternoon reading: Kristen Radtke on loneliness, an interview with Megan Culhane Galbraith, and more.
Morning Bites: Bhanu Kapil, Namwali Serpell on Film, David Leo Rice, Matthew Salesses Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: a literary award for Bhanu Kapil, an interview with Matthew Salesses, and more.
Morning Bites: Brian Evenson, Booker Prize Winners, Danielle Evans, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: stories by Brian Evenson and Danielle Evans, an interview with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, and more.
Morning Bites: David Hollander, Namwali Serpell Interviewed, Marie NDiaye, Toni Morrison Revisited, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on David Hollander’s new novel, an interview with Namwali Serpell, and more.
Literary History Gets a Cosmic Horror Remix: Notes on Nick Mamatas’s “Move Under Ground”
When it comes to literary techniques, pastiche can be one of the most subtly volatile out there. Most of the time when it’s utilized, it’s effectively invisible — effectively cloaking an author’s work in the voice of another. When it’s done badly, it can be utterly unbearable; I’ve still never been able to make it through the segment of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier in which Alan Moore channels Jack Kerouac. There’s something about Cthulthu mythos stories that brings pastiche to the foreground — there’s a Lovecraftian Wodehouse pastiche in the aforementioned Black Dossier, for instance, and it’s far from the only one.
Morning Bites: David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Horror and Crime Fiction, Colson Whitehead, Brian Evenson Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: an excerpt from David Heska Wanbli Weiden’s new novel, an interview with Brian Evenson, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Percival Everett, Michelle Zauner’s Memoir, Bill Clegg, John Hornor Jacobs Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: Brian Evenson on Percival Everett, thoughts on No Age’s new album, and more.
Afternoon Bites: S.A. Cosby, Coriky’s Debut, Stephen Graham Jones, Brian Evenson on Horror, and More
In our afternoon reading: reviews of books by S.A. Cosby and Stephen Graham Jones, intriguing Replacements-related news, and more.