In our morning reading: Jason Diamond on the history of the Catskills, an interview with Lincoln Michel, thoughts on Joanna Newsom’s latest, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Protomartyr’s Latest, Patti Smith’s New York, Rebecca Solnit Revisited, Matthew Salesses, and More
In our afternoon reading: multiple takes on Protomartyr’s new album, Caryn Rose on Patti Smith’s New York, Laura van den Berg interviews Matthew Salesses, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Michael Robbins, Writers’ Spaces, Richard Price Interviewed, Baseball Books, and More
In our afternoon reading: a new Michael Robbins essay; Caryn Rose recommends baseball books; interviews with Richard Price, Kevin Nguyen, and Sir Richard Bishop; the flipside of the vinyl boom; and more.
An Excerpt from Caryn Rose’s “A Whole New Ballgame”
Today, we’re pleased to present an excerpt from Caryn Rose’s new novel, A Whole New Ballgame, out now on Till Victory Press. As Rose writes regularly about baseball, the fact that her novel explores that world is not a surprise; it follows a summer in the life of Laurie Nicholson, a young woman whose travels take her across the country on a ballpark-centric road trip.
Afternoon Bites: Borges and Memory, Drew Daniel on Straight Edge, Dispatches from AWP, Rachel Cantor and Jeremy P. Bushnell, and More
This afternoon: Aaron Gilbreath reports from AWP, The Believer Book Award shortlist is up, Drew Daniel talks hardcore, a look at Borges and memory, and more.
Afternoon Bites: David Byrne Talks Copyright, Noy Holland, George Saunders’s Style Guide, and More
Behold: the style guide for George Saunders’s Tenth of December. Full Stop looks at Noy Holland’s Swim For the Little One First. Scott Esposito looks ahead to 2013’s most anticipated books. Here’s David Byrne talking with Chris Ruen at the NYPL. (We interviewed Ruen in October.) Caryn Rose (and many others) pick their favorite music-related books of 2012. Alison Hallett looks at T. Cooper’s Real Man Adventures. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Vol. 1 Presents: The Greatest 3-Minute Punk Stories Ever (April 10th)
If you read Vol. 1 Brooklyn enough, you probably realize by now that some of us come from punk rock backgrounds. We’ve made zines, been in bands, gone on tour, and maybe dyed our hair an awkward shade of green once or twice. That’s why we’re beyond thrilled to announce the lineup for The Greatest 3-Minute Punk Stories Ever, taking place at Public Assembly on April 10th. As always, the event is free, and starts at 7:30. Each reader will […]
Indexing: Tim Kinsella, Todd Grimson, Manuela Draeger, Rudy Wurlitzer, and How Much More? So Much More.
A roundup of things consumed by our editors. Tobias Carroll Once again, the longest book I read last week — Tim Kinsella’s The Karaoke Artist’s Guide to Self-Defense — was read with an eye towards reviewing it here. That review should appear before too long, though I’m still in the middle of mentally aligning the novel’s subtly fractured segments and figuring out what I make of its denouement.