In our afternoon reading: interviews with Jeremiah Moss and Annie DeWitt, new writing from Jesmyn Ward, and more.
Pop Investigations, Specificity, and Misheard Lyrics: An Interview With Fred Thomas
The songs heard on All Are Saved, the new album from Fred Thomas, cover a wide stylistic range, from stark narratives to ecstatic arrangements. To anyone familiar with Thomas’s body of work, which includes albums released under his own name as well as with the groups Saturday Looks Good to Me and City Center, this is probably not going to be much of a shock. Throughout, memorable riffs and choruses weave around haunting memories and observations of geographical spaces. It’s […]
Afternoon Bites: Renata Adler Interviewed, Lauren Groff’s Next Book, Sarah Manguso, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Renata Adler, Fred Thomas, and Sarah Manguso; a preview of Lauren Groff’s next novel; Rick Perlstein on intellectuals’ ideological shifts; La Luz’s next album; and more.