In our morning reading: revisiting the works of Samuel R. Delany, new writing from Dawn Raffel and Helena Fitzgerald, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Valeria Luiselli, Instagram and Book Covers, Dawn Raffel, Allyson Paty Poetry, and More
In our afternoon reading: a review of Valeria Luiselli’s new novel, interviews with Dawn Raffel and Pam Houston, and more.
Morning Bites: Leesa Cross-Smith on Work, Kiini Ibura Salaam’s Latest, Samuel Ligon, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Leesa Cross-Smith, talking indie bookstores with Emma Straub, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Norman Lock Fiction, Food Journals, Chris Gethard, the “Midnight’s Children” Movie, and More
Hanging out with Salman Rushdie at the Midnight’s Children movie premiere. “If you look at an Isaac Babel story, for example, it’s between two and three pages, and what he does is a miracle.” Dawn Raffel interviewed Renata Adler for The Literarian. Recommended Reading has a story up from Norman Lock. Mary Roach book trailer, everybody. “It makes more sense if you think of The Chris Gethard Show less as a late-night talk show and more like stunt theater, live-action role-playing, and depression.” Jessica Suarez on […]
Afternoon Bites: Rashaad Newsome, Neil Gaiman on Ray Bradbury, Cooking With Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick, and More
“Ray Bradbury was the kind of person who would give half a day to a kid who wanted to be a writer when he grew up.” Neil Gaiman pays tribute to Ray Bradbury at The Guardian. Nitsuh Abebe on the battle over the idea of “real hip-hop.” Michael Kimball chats with Dawn Raffel about her new book, The Secret Life of Objects. Melissa Smith took in an opening of new work from Rashaad Newsome. Becky Cloonan, interviewed at Comics Beat. Jordan […]