In our Wednesday morning reading: advice from Laurie Penny, Jenny Zhang and Monica McClure on race and humor, new Alissa Nutting fiction, an interview with Chloe Caldwell, and more.
I’ve written a lot about the excellent Guillotine series of chapbooks in this space, and so it’s probably not surprising that I was impressed with the latest entry in the series, Jenny Zhang‘s Hags. It’s best described as a long essay, blending candid observations from life with references to literature and folklore, and working it way towards a denouement that finds a political expression for all that’s come before.
Gabrielle Bell discusses her new collection, interviews with Norman Lock and LeVar Burton, The Antlers on their literary influences, new writing from Jenny Zhang, and more.