Are you a fan of iconic American writers? Do you have something to mail that weighs around three ounces? You may be pleased to know, then, that Flannery O’Connor will be appearing on a stamp due to make its debut on June 5th. So if you’re looking to write long letters about Everything That Rises Must Converge, or are planning to ship out copies of a zine consisting of responses to Wise Blood, you are pretty much set.
In our Wednesday afternoon reading: new writing from Toni Morrison, an interview with Nick Kroll, a playlist from Nicole Haroutunian, and much more.
Thoughts on teaching the writings of Flannery O’Connor, Jon Ronson and Frank, Jan Elizabeth Watson discusses endings in fiction, new music from Total Control, and more.
Adam Wilson on badly remembered NYC films, talking indie rock and sexism with Alanna McArdle, poetry from Wayne Koestenbaum, an interview with Nicholas Rombes, and more.
This morning: Flannery O’Connor’s birthday, Chelsea Hodson on her Inventory project, new writing from Kate Christensen, authors illustrated as their classical counterparts, and more.
Raymond Pettibon was interviewed by Kim Gordon, Steve Albini shares his memories of working with Jason Molina, Masha Gessen on a post-Pussy Riot protest movement, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Kevin Sampsell’s latest, thoughts on Flannery O’Connor, a Nicola Griffith playlist, musical subway turnstiles, the excess of album launch parties, and more.
I told many people the story of the suitcase lady. After I met her, I wrote the story out in an email, and I copied and pasted that into other emails, to others who find themselves saddled with my daily correspondence. Weeks later I was still talking about it. On a train leaving San Francisco on Christmas Eve, my hand held up to shield the mid-day sun, I heard myself ask my dad, as a rhetorical ending to the […]