An interview with Wendy C. Ortiz, new writing from Roxane Gay, Kathleen Hale, and D. Foy, checking in with Protomartyr, a look at Patti Smith’s nonfiction, and more.
In Episode 11, we spend some time with the relentless and charming D. Foy, author of Made to Break. We talk about booking your own book tour and all of the things that go into that kind of stew, traversing America by car solo, psychic abilities, and about staying true to your artistic vision irrespective of obstacles.
An interview with Rivka Galchen, and a review of her latest; thoughts on Julianna Barwick’s new EP and Ariel Schrag’s new novel; talking with debut novelists, a profile of Sean Michaels, and more.
Reviews of books from Michael Cunningham and D. Foy, Roxane Gay on Beyoncé and bell hooks, an interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky, Diary at twenty, and more.
In our morning reading: a 1989 Ellen Willis essay, thoughts on the new edition of Slint’s Spiderland, talking with Mimi Pond, and more.
Thoughts on the latest from Jim Jarmusch, Ian MacKaye talks about the Fugazi Live Series, new writing from D. Foy, a report from the Mission Creek Festival, and more.
On the evening of March 19, I interviewed D. Foy at BookCourt. The topic of conversation was, primarily, his new novel Made to Break, the story of five friends embroiled in a series of toxic friendships who are forced to confront unpleasant truths about themselves when a trip to an isolated cabin goes awry. It’s a tense, harrowing read that both subverts expectations and does interesting things with structure. Sometimes horrific, sometimes visceral, and sometimes unexpectedly funny, Made to Break […]
This afternoon: John Updike, an interview with D. Foy, Owen Pallett on why pop songs work, checking in with Future Islands, and more.