Anna Altman has some smart things to say about Sheila Heti’s The Middle Stories. Jarvis Cocker’s Relaxed Muscle project was at The Whitney this weekend; Maura Johnston has a report. Daniel Torday’s novella The Sensualist is the latest book to be released by Nouvella; it comes recommended by folks like Karen Russell and Adam Levin. Jami Attenberg on the David Foster Wallace Symposium. John Jeremiah Sullivan on the view from his window. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
“The Pale King” Supplement Scenes: First Impressions
The paperback version of David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel, The Pale King, is set to come out April 10th with four new supplemental scenes, but to my surprise I already found a stack of them in a book store. Here’s a preview of what the four pieces offer.
Brief Adaptations Of Stunning Nonfiction
I was getting coffee this morning in Long Island City’s Sweetleaf when I noticed a flyer for the nearby theater and performance space The Chocolate Factory. Flipping it over, my eyes immediately went to one specific item on the schedule: a theatrical adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, running now through early April. Here’s an excerpt from the description: Drawing exclusively from audio recordings of David Foster Wallace (readings he gave of his […]
Morning Bites: Orthodox Memoirs, New DFW, Novel Storage, Short Story Hatred, Russian Booze, And More
Maria Popova picks art projects inspired by classic books at The Atlantic. A new book of David Foster Wallace books is on its way. Apartment Therapy looks at novel ways to store things at home. Seth Fried at Tin House on what he sees as America’s dislike of short stories. In the wake of Deborah Feldman’s bestseller, Unorthodox, Gavriella Lerner at The Sisterhood takes a look at ex-Hasidic Jews selling their memoirs. Largehearted Boy talks to Miles Klee about the […]
A David Foster Wallace Roundup
There’s a pretty good chance you’ve noticed that today would have been David Foster Wallace’s birthday. Here’s a roundup of some DFW news and pieces that we think you should probably read in case you haven’t already.
Morning Bites: David Foster Wallace At 50, Pen/Faulker Finalists, Bushwick Writers, Maya Rudolph As Her Mom, And More
Today would have been David Foster Wallace’s 50th birthday. Daniel B. Roberts at Salon makes the case for giving more credit to Wallace’s work as a journalist. If you want more Wallace, join in on the #dfw50 conversation on Twitter. Russell Banks, Don DeLillo, Anita Desai, Steven Millhauser, and Julie Otsuka are the finalists for the 2012 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction. Today also marks the anniversary of the 1925 debut of The New Yorker. Five Bushwick writers talk about how to get […]
Afternoon Bites: Mike Watt, Leonard Cohen, DFW symposium, and more
At The Outlet, Ryan Chang reports on the release party for Ben Marcus’s The Flame Alphabet. On April 5 and 6, the Harry Ransom Center in Austin will be holding a David Foster Wallace symposium. Maura Johnston talks Leonard Cohen. This fall: new Chris Ware. We’re guessing that some of you are looking forward to that one… Mike Watt and Richard Meltzer made an album. This interview with Matthew Wasovich includes references to SST Records, Cleveland punk, Oneida’s Kid Millions, […]
Not David Foster Wallace
Posted by Jason Diamond I won’t spoil the riches and wonders that is the Tumblr “Not Foster Wallace.” I’ll just let you click and find out.