Anna Altman has some smart things to say about Sheila Heti’s The Middle Stories. Jarvis Cocker’s Relaxed Muscle project was at The Whitney this weekend; Maura Johnston has a report. Daniel Torday’s novella The Sensualist is the latest book to be released by Nouvella; it comes recommended by folks like Karen Russell and Adam Levin. Jami Attenberg on the David Foster Wallace Symposium. John Jeremiah Sullivan on the view from his window. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Morning Bites: Cocker talks poetry, letters from Orwell, Marissa Nadler video, very short stories, and more
Quintron’s Magic House in New Orleans. It would seem that the writer who wrote the Slate article “Don’t Support Your Local Bookseller,” and called indie bookstores being “cultish,” isn’t too popular. Send Electric Literature your short story of 30 to 300 words. Marcel the Shell makes it onto NBC. Jarvis Cocker talks a little bit of poetry. Letters from George Orwell. A new video for Marissa Nadler’s “In Your Lair, Bear.” Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr.
Morning Bites: Jarvis Cocker editing, DFW’s possible fabrications, flash fiction, and more
Faber & Faber hires Jarvis Cocker as its editor-at-large. We’re pretty sure Jarvis is the secret sauce the publishing industry needs to get rolling again. So maybe David Foster Wallace fabricated some things… Justin Taylor reviews Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams. Guernica has a new flash fiction series. J. M. Coetzee moves his papers to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. Tavis Smiley to tackle poverty in a new series on PBS.
Indexing: New Orleans bookstores, Denis Johnson, Dwight Macdonald, Jarvis Cocker, and more
Tobias Carroll This will be a short week for me; my reading (mainly conducted on a trip to and from New Orleans) consisted of a small selection of longer books, some of which I’ve either written about elsewhere or, well, will write about elsewhere on Vol.1. (The Four Fingers of Death, for instance.) I will say, though, that Karl Marlantes’s novel of the Vietnam War Matterhorn — much praised by readers whose opinions I trust — exceeded my expectations: it’s […]
Morning Bites: Love in the Time of Jarvis Cocker, DeLillo Live, Justin Taylor, Egyptian Hip Hop and More
Jarvis Cocker promises to read some Gabriel García Márquez at the start of his weekly BBC podcast. Does he deliver? Find out. Awesome morning starter: Don DeLillo Reads from Mao II Justin Taylor spurs some good old fashioned religious debate. James Franco’s favorite Criterion films. The Huffington Post lists ten library books frequently read more than others. Nothing surprising. You want some real revolution rock? Hip hop from Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria.