“The way I like to look at language sometimes works better with poetry than with fiction.” In a recent video interview, Jac Jemc discusses growing up in Chicago, the literary community, and her forthcoming collection A Different Bed Every Time. You can watch it below, or on YouTube. (Also, there are some excellent bookshelves on display partway through, which is always a plus.)
Afternoon Bites: Juliet Escoria, New York Poetry Festival, Jac Jemc’s New Collection, xTx Interviewed, and More
Douglas Wolk on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s latest, interviews with xTx and Juliet Escoria, a review of Jac Jemc’s new collection, excellent essays from Saeed Jones and Casey N. Cep, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Frank O’Hara, Karaoke Lit, A Cristina Henríquez Excerpt, Catherine Lacey Interviewed, and More
Thoughts on Frank O’Hara, Emily Gould on karaoke, an interview with Catherine Lacey, new projects afoot from Shellac and Jon Freeman, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Jac Jemc’s Latest, Teju Cole, Wayne Kramer’s Jazz Album, David Peace and Soccer, and More
An interview with Teju Cole, thoughts on Jac Jemc’s new collection and David Peace’s Red or Dead, a collection of summer reading lists, and more.
Morning Bites: Revisiting James Agee, Antonia Crane, The NYPL’s Future, Oren Ambarchi Interviewed, and More
James Agee’s literary legacy, when good writers use Twitter badly, interviews with Roxana Robinson and Jac Jemc, thoughts on Antonia Crane’s memoir, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Siri Hustvedt Interviewed, APRIL Festival Reports, Ana Mendieta, Owls’ Latest, and More
This afternoon: Catching up with Siri Hustvedt, Jeff Jackson interviewed, thoughts on the new Owls album, Jac Jemc reports from Seattle’s APRIL Festival, and more.
Anticipating Jac Jemc’s Upcoming Collection
We are, not surprisingly, mightily excited to hear that Jac Jemc has a new collection coming out this October. Her novel My Only Wife made many a Vol.1 Brooklyn editor’s list of their favorite books of the year in 2012, and we talked with her last year about her projects in progress.
Afternoon Bites: Talking With Margaret Atwood, Clement Greenberg Revisited, Lace Curtain Reviewed, New Jac Jemc Fiction, and More
An interview with Margaret Atwood, reviews of two new records from Lace Curtain, the history of the movie Clue, a new short story from Jac Jemc, and more.