In our Friday afternoon reading: checking in with The Body, new writing from Morgan Parker and Michael J. Seidlinger, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Nayomi Munaweera, Marjorie Liu Interviewed, Brian Evenson on Samuel Beckett, Patrick Modiano, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Nayomi Munaweera, Michael J. Seidlinger, and Jarett Kobek; new writing from Brian Evenson; and much more.
The Masterful Tangents of Jarett Kobek: A Review of “I Hate the Internet”
No writer’s work in the last year has inspired in me so much post-reading activity as Los Angeles author Jarett Kobek. His fictionalized, “psychedelic biography,” ATTA, the first book to attempt to get inside the head of 9/11 hijacker, Mohamed Atta, led me to order the salacious biography, Walt Disney: Hollywood’s Dark Prince that Kobek puts in the terrorist’s hands as he tries to learn more about U.S culture; his If You Don’t Read, Why Should I Write? led me […]
Morning Bites: Tony Tulathimutte, Jarett Kobek Interviewed, William Blake’s Grave, Niina Pollari on Translation, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Tony Tulathimutte, Niina Pollari on translation, a self-interview from Amber Sparks, and more.