George Saunders shares a commencement speech, Jac Jemc is interviewed, looks at the latest from Mouth of the Architect and Marie Chaix, and much more.
Jac Jemc‘s first novel My Only Wife ended up on more than a few of our best-of lists for 2012. Those who have read it will understand why: the Chicago-based author’s fiction is perfectly pitched, atmospheric and yet containing abundant mysteries. It’s unsettling without ever crossing a line into Gothic excess; it’s ambiguous without ever feeling the need to show off. Over the course of a few weeks, Jemc and I exchanged a series of emails to discuss her work as […]
Matt Bell and Jac Jemc wrote two of our favorite books of 2012. And now Word Riot has an interview with both of them. Sean Howe has unearthed a 1983 essay about Stan Lee by Alan Moore. New Neurosis, everybody. Michael Connelly on James M. Cain’s lost novel. Michael Kimball made Largehearted Boy a playlist, and also chatted with Blake Butler at Vice. Julie McArthur’s story “Rivals” is highly recommended. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Largehearted Boy talks to Jac Jemc about the music that helped inspire My Only Wife. Do we dare call them Joc Jams? John Updike’s childhood home to become a museum. Mahmoud Dowlatabadi’s The Colonel: Banned in Iran but published in the US. Kate Christensen & Jami Attenberg are going to hang out and talk. Steve Albini talks to the Reddit community. Roman Polanski to tackle the Dreyfus affair. Sunday brunch vs. Sunday church in Greenpoint. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google […]
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The Awl has a fairly massive discussion of readings and book tours, featuring folks like Shane Jones and Lauren Cerand. Pitchfork’s Ian Cohen talked to St. Vincent’s Annie Clark about her collaboration with David Byrne. At Slate, Will Saletan and Ross Douthat are presently engaged in a lengthy and intelligent discussion of politics and religion, related to the release of Douthat’s book Bad Religion. Warren Ellis’s “Writers Never Retire” mug should fit nicely beside the “Write Like a Motherfucker” mug […]
Carl Wilson — who knows a thing or two about Celine Dion — looks at “My Heart Will Go On” for The Atlantic. Jac Jemc’s novel My Only Wife is out now on Dzanc, and Good Men Project has an excerpt up. If you live in Portland, Oregon and like both literary magazines and science, you might be happy to know that Tin House is holding a science fair to celebrate the release of their latest issue. At New York, Jessica Grose gives us a guide […]
The Believer is interviewing Chris Onstad. We heartily approve. LeVar Burton talks to Hero Complex about his career in television and — relevant to this site — bringing back Reading Rainbow. Shane Jones has new flash fiction up at Tin House. And Jac Jemc has a novel excerpt up at Two Serious Ladies. The AV Club looks at good films made from theoretically unfilmable books. At The Lit Pub, J/J Hastain on J.A. Tyler’s A Shiny Unused Heart: “This is one […]