In our morning reading: a playlist from Lena Valencia, revisiting the English Beat, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Kate Axelrod Fiction, Nalo Hopkinson Interviewed, Ryan Chapman on Writing, and More
In our afternoon reading: fiction by Kate Axelrod, interviews with Nalo Hopkinson and Ryan Chapman, and more.
Morning Bites: Jose Donoso Excerpted, Hiroko Oyamada’s Latest, Petra Haden and Mike Watt on Music, and More
In our morning reading: an excerpt from a cult classic by Juan Donoso, an interview with Petra Haden and Mike Watt, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Remembering John Barth, Temim Fruchter’s Playlist, Ilana Masad Fiction, and More
In our afternoon reading: remembering the life and work of John Barth, new writing by Ilana Masad, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Larry Kramer Remembered, Woods, Samanta Schweblin Interviewed, Marie-Helene Bertino, and More
In our afternoon reading: remembering the life and work of Larry Kramer, an interview with Samanta Schweblin, and more.
Morning Bites: Terry Gilliam’s Memoir, Underrated Books, Leena Krohn Interviewed, Adapting “Gormenghast,” and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Terry Gilliam and Leena Krohn, new writing from Jes Skolnik, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Putney Swope, Jennifer Egan’s New Story, Matt Fraction Loves the Mountain Goats, and More
The Criterion Collection has released a box set of the films of Robert Downey Sr., including the 1969 classic (and Louis C.K. favorite) Putney Swope. That price is a steal. Speaking of steals: the work of women artists from the post-war era is remarkably cheaper than that of their male counterparts. If we can call $10.7 million cheap, that is. Starting tonight, the New Yorker’s fiction department (@NYerFiction) will be tweeting Jennifer Egan’s new story, which apparently contains only 140-character-or-less […]
Indexing: Blake Butler in New York, John Barth, Tina Fey, and More!
above: Julian Schnabel, “Dennis Hopper” (1991). Tobias Carroll It’s been a week of surreal literature around these parts. It began with Bruce Chatwin’s In Patagonia, which — although nonfiction — knits together myths, echoed stories, cryptozoology, the vagueness of borders, and the limitations of memory into a travelogue that (I daresay) echoes Werner Herzog’s notion of “ecstatic truth.” After that came both volumes of Adam Novy’s The Avian Gospels, for a review to appear on Word Riot. (Mr. Diamond spoke […]