In our morning reading: interviews with Alexis M. Smith and Courtney Maum, new writing from Kristopher Jansma, and more.
Morning Bites: Revisiting Harry Mathews, Scaachi Koul, Kelby Losack Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: revisiting Harry Mathews’s fiction, interviews with Scaachi Koul and Kelby Losack, and more.
Vol.1 Brooklyn’s May 2017 Book Preview
And here we are, on the first of May in the year 2017. What books does May bring with it? Well, let’s see. There are incisive essay collections by the likes of Scaachi Koul and Samantha Irby; there are challenging works in translation by João Gilberto Noll and Rodrigo Fresán, and there’s a new edition of a genre-defying novel by Kirsten Bakis, for starters. Here’s a look at some of the May books that have piqued our interest.
Morning Bites: Joanna Walsh’s Latest, Indie Press Origins, Tom Williams, Jessica Hopper Talks Grimes, and More
In our morning reading: notes on two Joanna Walsh books, Tom Williams discusses menswear, Jessica Hopper on the new album by Grimes, and more.
An Abundance of Invocations in the Trailer For “A Book of Uncommon Prayer”
Due out next month from Outpost19, the new anthology A Book of Uncommon Prayer finds dozens of writers revisiting the invocation. The book was edited by Matthew Vollmer, and features contributions from the likes of Leslie Jamison, Gabriel Blackwell, Scott Cheshire, Courtney Maum, Benjamin Samuel, Robert Lopez, and Catherine Lacey. And there’s a trailer for it, featuring music by Alicia Jo Rabins, which you can watch below.
Afternoon Bites: Maya Angelou, Finding Lost Typefaces, Matt Summell Interviewed, and More
In our Wednesday afternoon reading: a Maya Angelou postage stamp is on the way, an interview with Matt Sumell, finding typefaces in the Thames, and more.
Almost Live at Mellow Pages: Courtney Maum
In this episode we hang out with Courtney Maum, author of I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, Celebrity Book Review columnist for Electric Literature, and all-around lady of letters. We talk about the long and tough road to getting a book published, how to immerse oneself into a literary scene, how to keep laughing, and what it’s like to live in three places at one time. There is a lot of good advice for everyone in this […]
Morning Bites: Nora Ephron’s Books, Amanda Petrusich on 78s, Chris Abani, Courtney Maum Interviewed, and More
The surreal side of science fiction, an excerpt from Amanda Petrusich’s look at record collectors, interviews with Courtney Maum and Kyle Minor, and more.