In our morning reading: interviews with Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Alexandra Kleeman, thoughts on the new album from Low, and more.
Morning Bites: Sean Padraic Birnie, The Mountain Goats’ Latest, Joe Ollmann, Moor Mother Returns, and More
In our morning reading: a review of Sean Padraic Byrne’s new book, an interview with Jess Zimmerman, and more.
Vol.1 Brooklyn’s 2017 Favorites: Graphic Novels
Our favorite comics from this year spanned a host of narratives, from metafictional explorations of loss and belonging to ominous supernatural tales of terrifying forces at work. Some are formally inventive, while others make use of a lean storytelling approach to convey the narratives at their center. All of them opened our eyes to the tales being told, regardless of their nature.
Comics on Prose: Eight Graphic Novels on the Art of Storytelling
What happens when a story told in one medium echoes the storytelling conventions of a different one? Comics are particularly well-suited for this: they incorporate elements of other storytelling mediums, while retaining their own narrative devices and techniques. What follows is a look at eight distinct works that evoke other methods of telling stories–literature, radio, art, television–while remaining distinctly (and proudly) comics. Expanding the boundaries of one medium while referencing another is no easy task; these eight books carry it […]
Afternoon Bites: Roxane Gay on Bookstores, Nikesh Shukla, William Seabrook’s Biography, and More
In our afternoon reading: Roxane Gay’s WI12 speech, literature by and about refugees, and more.