In our weekend reading: Merritt Tierce on Elisa Albert, Mitchell S. Jackson on Gordon Lish, Jenn Pelly interviews Kin Gordon, thoughts on Mark Doten’s novel, and more.
In our morning reading: Teju Cole on the film Three Colors: Red, an interview with Chris Kraus, the best of Cheryl Strayed’s “Dear Sugar” columns, and more.
In our weekend reading: new nonfiction from Chris Kraus and Alexander Chee, a look at the short films of David Lynch, thoughts on literary inspiration, New Zealand pop, and more.
Chris Kraus wrote about Kathy Acker, Donald Antrim and Saeed Jones were interviewed, new writing from Sasha Fletcher, worrisome art-world news, and more.
This week’s theme seems to be chapbooks: each of the works here is an essay contained between two covers; each is decidedly personal, yet resonant on a larger scale, whether economic or cultural. Each is also by an author whose work I’d already been familiar with, and provides a concise take on their areas of expertise.
Chris Kraus and Sheila Heti talked at The Believer, Rutger Hauer starred in a Roberto Bolaño adaptation, Califone’s latest was reviewed at Dusted, and more.
So hey, My Bloody Valentine’s new album came out over the weekend. Ned Raggett has some initial thoughts on it, as do numerous editors at SPIN. Looking at race and class in Chris Kraus’s Summer of Hate. Did the New York Review of Books have the best first issue ever? Remembering J Church at the AV Club. An interview with Marnie Stern’s dog. Our own Tobias Carroll looks at Sean Ferrell’s Man in the Empty Suit. The February issue of decomP is up. Follow Vol. 1 […]
A roundup of things consumed by our contributors.