Recommended feminist books, thoughts on the new collection from Hilary Mantel, and the new album from St. Lenox, book recommendations from Emily St. John Mandel, new writing from Maris Kreizman, an interview with Jac Jemc, a reading from Dolan Morgan, and more.
Thoughts on Donald Antrim, Roxane Gay on books that have influenced her, talking with My Brightest Diamond, interviews with John Darnielle and Dolan Morgan, and more.
The title isn’t a metaphor. Dolan Morgan‘s debut collection, That’s When the Knives Come Down, features surreal scenarios and unlikely structures that lead to works about heartbreak, loss, and the process of putting lives back together. There are also knives, and they are real, and sometimes terrifying. I’d first met Morgan via his work for The Atlas Review, and if you’d like to hear more of that, I would heartily recommend his Almost Live at Mellow Pages appearance with Natalie Eilbert. We spoke via email […]
Debating Elena Ferrante, new writing from Jason Diamond on John Hughes, interviews with Roxane Gay and Dolan Morgan, new fiction from Lauren Oyler and Eric Raymond, and more.
A playlist from Wendy C. Ortiz, Justin Taylor on fake IDs, new fiction from Dolan Morgan and Brenna Ehrlich, London’s secret libraries, and more.
A look back at Elliott Smith’s Roman Candle, interviews with Dolan Morgan and Morgan Parker, podcasting with Scott McClanahan and Noah Cicero, a conversation with Bryan Lee O’Malley, and more.
Norman Brannon on Drew Daniel’s The Soft Pink Truth, great literary frenemies, new writing from Dolan Morgan, an Ariel Schrag playlist, and more.
Interviews with Neil Gaiman, Mimi Lipson, and Kate Christensen; thoughts on Geoff Dyer; new music from Web of Sunsets; talking with goat farmers; and more.