Afternoon Bites: Alt-Weeklies, Czech Modernism, Christopher Owens Interviewed, and More

The making of the Making of Americans marathon reading. “As a child, books were a magical distraction from my anxiety — what, 20 years later would be diagnosed as obsessive-compulsive disorder. At school, every real-life, real-time decision — who to befriend, who to avoid — carried an infinite possibility of catastrophe, but I was safe when living inside a book.” Julia Fierro has a terrific essay up at The Millions. Damon Krukowski on alt-weeklies and the end of the Boston Phoenix. The […]

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Afternoon Bites: Marathon Gertrude Stein Reading, Iggy Pop in Bensonhurst, Olafur Eliasson, and More

Edward Champion selects his best fiction for 2012, and in the process reminds us that there’s a new Samuel R. Delany novel waiting to be read. Samuel R. Delany: fantastic writer, and bearer of one of the great literary beards of our time. The Atlantic Cities collects holiday wishes from numerous New Yorkers. The time Iggy Pop moved to Bensonhurst… Zachary Lipez on the new Family Curse album, mortality, and more. Next month, Triple Canopy will be hosting a marathon reading […]

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