In our afternoon reading: reviews of books by Johannes Anyuru and Virginie Despentes, a playlist from Lance Olsen, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Jillian Weise Interviewed, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rob Hart’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Jillian Weise, thoughts on Rob Hart’s new novel, and more.
Morning Bites: Dag Solstad, “The Goldfinch” On Screen, David Leo Rice’s Playlist, Glenn Branca, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on a novel by Dag Solstad, a playlist from David Leo Rice, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Tommy Pico Interviewed, Julius Eastman, Randa Jarrar’s Advice, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Tommy Pico, advice from Randa Jarrar, and much more.
Morning Bites: Kate Zambreno’s Latest, Raymond Pettibon, Viet Thanh Nguyen Fiction, John Darnielle Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: Amber Sparks on Kate Zambreno’s latest, an interview with John Darnielle, and much more.
Morning Bites: Ukrainian Literature, Jen Doll Excerpt, Mod NYC, Emily Gould Interviewed, and More
This morning: Alexander Chee on The Goldfinch, news of Sean H. Doyle’s book, Emily Gould interviewed, a playlist from Caryn Rose, an excerpt from Jen Doll’s upcoming Save the Date, and more.
#tobyreads: The Epic Ones
This may well be one of the more anticlimactic columns I do this year, if only because the three books discussed — two of them, anyway — have been works that have been discussed a whole hell of a lot this year already. That said, I was also very impressed with all three of them — if my top-ten-of-2013 list had been something closer to a top twenty, all of these would have been on there. Also? All three are […]
A Year of Favorites: Brandon Stosuy
When I was a teenager, I read the longest, most complex books I could find. I spent months trying to decode Finnegans Wake, slogging through In Search of Lost Time, finding Tristram Shandy hysterical, looking up all the references in Gravity’s Rainbow, and marking the margins of my copy of The Waves with so many notes that it became its own kind of illuminated text. In 1995, I remember going to the bookstore the second it opened on the day […]