Talking with George Saunders, a history of Dunedin pop, thoughts on a Raymond Pettibon art show, Spike Lee on a Billy Wilder classic, and more.
George Saunders has won the Folio Prize, Mike Watt’s favorite albums, Helen Oyeyemi interviewed by Alexander Chee, and much more for your morning reading.
George Saunders shares a commencement speech, Jac Jemc is interviewed, looks at the latest from Mouth of the Architect and Marie Chaix, and much more.
Frank Bill, author of Crimes in Southern Indiana and Donnybrook, is interviewed at The Awl. “Although Bedsit Disco Queen was written in fits and starts and ends for no good reason in 2007, it’s a gem by the wretched standard of the rock memoir, and also by the stiff-necked standard of theses on Beckett’s fiction, another literary genre Thorn has under her belt.” Robert Christgau reviewed Bedsit Disco Queen and Big Day Coming. Guernica has an excerpt up from Matt Bell’s forthcoming novel. Morrissey chatted with Rookie. “…characters, each […]
You know that George Saunders is a big deal. You may or may not have already read Tenth of December, and all the collections that came before it. But did you see Mr. Saunders talk to Stephen Colbert last night? If not, we’ve got you covered.
Behold: the style guide for George Saunders’s Tenth of December. Full Stop looks at Noy Holland’s Swim For the Little One First. Scott Esposito looks ahead to 2013’s most anticipated books. Here’s David Byrne talking with Chris Ruen at the NYPL. (We interviewed Ruen in October.) Caryn Rose (and many others) pick their favorite music-related books of 2012. Alison Hallett looks at T. Cooper’s Real Man Adventures. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
“I am drawn to confusion: how we try to make sense of things, relationships, work, our family history, and how we cope, both in healthy and unhealthy ways, as well as compulsions, how we get stuck, and our desire to be unstuck, mostly, but not entirely, because those compulsions are part of our worldview.” Chicago’s Ben Tanzer is interviewed at Big Other. (We reviewed his Hold Steady-inspired novel You Can Make Him Like You last year.) A John Zorn-directed film […]
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