Talking Novellas, Narratives, and Self-Awareness with Chloe Caldwell

Legs Get Led Astray, the 2012 debut from Chloe Caldwell abounded with raw emotion, accounts of loss, and knowing accounts of cities close to home and across the ocean. That demonstrated her proficiency with the personal essay; with her recently-released novella Women, she’s turned her eye to fiction. Women is the story of an unnamed writer who moves to a new city and embarks on a problematic relationship with a woman she meets there. In it, Caldwell poses questions of intimacy, self-awareness, and storytelling; that […]

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Book Deals We Learned About on Instagram

Recently, Lazy Fascist Press publisher Cameron Pierce announced via social media that he would be releasing a new book from Chloe Caldwell. Titled Egg Salad in the Bathtub, the book is set to be released in 2014. As we’ve published stories from both Caldwell and Pierce, we are particularly excited about this one.

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Afternoon Bites: Thurston Moore’s New Band, Pie Chart “2666,” Endless Boogie, and More

  “Endless Boogie gets one over on other longform rock outfits like Wooden Shjips because they don’t make it look easy. Some of these other jammy/think-they’re-rockin’ outfits are content to just ride a groove until they think no one’s listening anymore. Endless Boogie goes a lot deeper.” Doug Mosurock on Endless Boogie’s Long Island. Joyland’s podcast, Truth & Fiction, features Emily Schultz in conversation with Emily St. John Mandel. A while back, we wrote about Survival Knife, featuring a few former […]

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Afternoon Bites: Chloe Caldwell and Edward St. Aubyn Interviews, Warren Ellis Talks “Gun Machine,” Marc Maron’s Favorite WTF Episodes, and More

Douglas Wolk interviewing Warren Ellis? Yep, we’re reading the hell out of that. Chloe Caldwell talked about writing about sex with the PDXX Collective. Not surprisingly, Edward St. Aubyn’s By the Book interview is magnificent. Marc Maron selected his favorite WTF episodes. The Oxford American has an excerpt from Scott McClanahan’s Crapalachia. Resident Advisor has an oral history of The Bunker. Vol.1 Brooklyn’s Tobias Carroll talked fiction with the folks from Joyland. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.

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Morning Bites: Bastille Day Party, Believer Mixtapes, Eli Valley, Jami Attenberg’s Advice and More

When there is an interview with the great Chloe Caldwell, you’d better read it: She talks to Drinking Diaries. Jami Attenberg dispenses advice to a young novelist. Eli Valley draws the latest adventures of Bucky Shvitz at The Forward. The track list and liner notes from the Calvin Johnson mixtape in the latest issue of The Believer. Bastille Day is this weekend.  Join us on Smith Street? This is how you dress like Cary Grant. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and […]

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