In our afternoon reading: exploring Mary Gaitskill’s essays, Lincoln Michel on fairy tales, and more.
Morning Bites: Rob Hart, Jack Kirby Walking Tour, Translating Clarice Lispector, Peter Carey on Film, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Rob Hart, great New Jersey bookstores, and more.
Morning Bites: Gabriel Tallent, Jack Kirby Remembered, Kiese Laymon, Jonathan Reiss Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: talking with Gabriel Tallent and Jonathan Reiss, new writing from Kiese Laymon, and more.
Weekend Bites: Gordon Lish Considered, Hilton Als on Art, Jersey City Lit Fest, Susan Sontag, and More
Hilton Als discusses art and race, a look at Gordon Lish’s legacy as an editor and a writer, Jersey City gets a literary festival, talking with John Waters, and more.
Jack Kirby, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and the Cosmic Film/Cosmic Comic Overlap
Today on The Dissolve, Noel Murray takes a long look at one of the more intriguing cultural convergences of the last few decades: namely, the fact that Jack Kirby adapted 2001: A Space Odyssey for comics.
Afternoon Bites: Ian Svenonius Excerpted, Michael Robbins Interviewed, Ali Smith Reviewed, and More
“…these paranormal tales, drawn mostly written or rewritten by Kirby and completely drawn by Kirby, are like art projects launched thirty-something years into the future.” A look at Jack Kirby’s Spirit World. Artforum has an excerpt from Ian Svenonius’s Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock’n’Roll Group. Abraham Riesman’s “What We Laugh About When We Laugh About Pyongyang” is well worth your time. Ali Smith’s Artful: reviewed. Teddy Wayne talks Justin Bieber at The Morning News. Michael Robbins was interviewed at The Believer. Follow Vol. 1 […]
Afternoon Bites: Jon DeRosa and Karolina Waclawiak, Philip K. Dick on “Bladerunner,” Lambchop’s Kurt Wagner Interviewed, And More
Steven Brower tells you everything you need to know about the collages made by Jack Kirby. I’m pretty sure that Jon DeRosa and Karolina Waclawiak fall into “power couple” territory these days. At The Rumpus, the two talk about their creative process, their upcoming album and novel (respectively), and more. (Of note: we chatted with DeRosa last fall.) Mark O’Connell on David Rees at The Millions. If you’ve ever wondered what Philip K. Dick thought of Bladerunner, you now have your […]
Afternoon Bites: New Order’s “Elegia,” Roxane Gay on The Hunger Games, Jack Kirby, And More
New Order’s 18-minute-long Ian Curtis tribute “Elegia” is coming to vinyl. One of Vol.1’s editors is so excited about this that he accidentally bought two copies. Edward Champion reports on a Behind the Book reading featuring Tom Perrotta, Jurgen Fauth, and Mark Leyner. A Roxane Gay essay on The Hunger Games? Yes, we will read that essay. At Hero Complex, Neal Kirby remembers his father. (Who happens to be one Jack Kirby.) Henry Stewart is not enamored with Rex Reed’s approach […]