In our afternoon reading: interviews with Sarah Ghazal Ali and B.R. Yeager, thoughts on Olivia Laing’s new book, and more.
Weekend Bites: Emily Gould, Carmen Maria Machado Talks Tolkien, Dennis Cooper, Sarah Pinsker Revisited, and More
In our weekend reading: new writing by Emily Gould, revisiting a recent novel by Sarah Pinsker, and more.
Weekend Bites: Carmen Maria Machado, Jess Row Interviewed, Ariel Yelen Poetry, and More
In our weekend reading: thoughts on Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir, an interview with Jess Row, and more.
Morning Bites: Mathias Énard, Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist, Philip Johnson Revisited, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on a new book by Mathias Énard, books on female friendships, and much more.
Morning Bites: James Agee’s Letters, Porochista Khakpour, Dueling Beowulfs, Wole Soyinka on Paris, and More
In this morning’s reading: an interview with Porochista Khakpour, translations of Beowulf old and new, a review of Francine Prose’s latest, Wole Soyinka on Paris, and more.
Bites: The Tolkien clan gets their due, People like 2666, Jim Carroll interviews, that guy who knows Chuck Norris, and more
Lit Breaking! Nerd World scoops EVERYBODY and gets the “terms” that Warner Bros. and the family of J.R.R. Tolkien (above) settled on. Stephen Elliott at The Rumpus on people who have read, who are perpetually reading Bolaño’s 2666. Three Guys One Book review Beg, Borrow, Steal by Michael Greenberg. Boing Boing posts an interview from 1987 with the late Jim Carroll All the cool stuff you didn’t know the Boston Public Library had is going on display. Granta is hitting […]
Bites: Bookslut on Tao Lin, Tao Lin on Bookslut review, J.R.R. Tolkien’s family are gonna get paid, more Proust, Generation X playlists, more
Bookslut reviews Shoplifting From American Apparel. Tao Lin calls this review ‘damning’ via his Twitter. Everything is totally cool between the heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien and HarperCollins. (Thanks Vulture) New Yorker weighs in on Times Square vs. The High Line Sarkozy had more in common with Napoleon than you thought. (Thanks The Awl) Chicago Subtext asks: “What book would Oprah never, ever pick as a book club selection? Why?” I sat long and hard on this one, and came […]