It’s a new year, apparently. January can be a strange month for books; this one is no exception, but that’s meant in the best way possible. Where else can you see cult classics, cinephile thrillers, and J.G. Ballard-inspired horror fiction in one place? Here are some suggestions if you’re looking to get some reading done this month — and we’d wager that if you’re here, you probably are.
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Kevin Young’s new book, thoughts on Devin Murphy’s novel, news of new writing from Viv Albertine, and more.
To Telly, From Belleview, Colorado by Devin Murphy Telly, You wouldn’t believe the dogs in this place. There’s a Great Pyrenees a few properties down that lumbers out of the foothills dragging coyotes with its jaws. Its nose is a patchwork of raised black scars. Along the stream shooting off the Cache la Poudre River, there’s a pack of dirt-field mutts that go howling around their horse pastures and wind cripple orchards, chasing after anything that moves. Scary at […]