In our morning reading: an interview with Talia Lavin, revisiting classic crime fiction, and more.
Morning Bites: Ben Katchor Reissued, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Hardcore Memoirs, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on a Ben Katchor graphic novel, first novelists trade stories, and much more.
New York City Hardcore Poetry
By Jason Diamond The Cro-Mags, in my opinion, were the best New York City Hardcore band besides Agnostic Front. The band’s ties with the New York literary scene date back to the mid-1970’s, when future Cro-Mag bassist Harley Flanagan began publishing poetry before his tenth birthday. While this might seem like the precocious action of a child, the beginning of Flanagan’s literary career would make many contemporary writers a bit envious. Flanagan, as documented in American Hardcore, published Stories […]