In our afternoon reading: new writing from Helen Phillips, a review of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s latest, thoughts on E. Nesbit, an excerpt from Harper Lee’s new book, and more.
In our weekend reading: an interview with Daniel Clowes, Calvin Tomkins on Charles Ray, reasons you should be reading Carmen Maria Machado’s work, an excerpt from Joshua Cohen’s forthcoming book, and more.
In our Monday afternoon reading: Harper Lee’s true-crime project, reviews of books by Claudia Rankine and Horacio Castellanos Moya, notes on American society from David Graeber, and more.
In our morning reading: a guide to the books of Italo Calvino, thoughts on the new Lightning Bolt album, notes on Harper Lee, an excerpt from Gregory Howard’s forthcoming novel, and more.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Harper Lee, an interview with Thomas Page McBee, a review of the new Noveller album, an excerpt from Garth Risk Hallberg’s forthcoming novel, and more.
In our afternoon reading: news of an upcoming book of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s notebooks, notes on the new book from David Graeber, a new Deborah Levy essay, Will Sheff on the Bob Dylan’s new album, Mallory Ortberg on Harper Lee, and more.
In our afternoon reading: news of a new Harper Lee novel emerges, an interview with Laura van den Berg, a look at We Need Diverse Books, Atticus Lish on WNYC, when media on the internet vanishes, and more.
Delving deep into record-collecting subcultures, Emma Straub on road trips, new writing from Lisa Wells and Marie-Helene Bertino, the year’s best indie books (so far), talking with Noah Cicero, and more.