In our morning reading: interviews with Marcy Dermansky and John Vercher, Jason Diamond on knishes, and more.
Weekend Bites: Sasha Fletcher’s Recommendations, Ari Brostoff Interviewed, Inside Beauty Pill, and More
In our weekend reading: Sasha Fletcher’s book recommendations, talking music with Beauty Pill, and more.
Morning Bites: Brenda Peynado Interviewed, Jarvis Cocker on Suits, Son House Revisited, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Brenda Peynado, thoughts on William Boyle’s new novel, and more.
Weekend Bites: Brandon Caro, Eileen Myles, Chip Zdarsky Interviewed, New Dark Blue Music, and More
In our weekend reading: conversations with Brandon Caro and Chip Zdarsky, thoughts on an Eileen Myles collection, and more.
#tobyreads: Two Collections, One Collected Life, and the Stopping of Time
It’s been another week where most of my reading has been taken up by books that’ll be covered in forthcoming reviews. What’s left? Two highly-regarded collections, and one exercise in taking familiar tropes and turning them towards experimental ends. I’ve heard great things about Kevin Barry’s Dark Lies the Island. His novel City of Bohane has been on my to-read shelf for too long, and I’d planned to use this more recent collection as a way of getting myself up to speed with regards […]