You would think we’d want to journey out of the American South after two posts dealing with Flannery O’Connor, but then all of a sudden we notice that The Paris Review has published an essay by John Jeremiah Sullivan, “Saved,” and we realize that resistance is futile. Today is officially Vol. 1 Brooklyn Loves the South Day. This latest J.J.S. piece might or might not be the same essay you get when you purchase the Tompkins Square compilation Work Hard, Play Hard, […]
Weekend Bites: Faulkner and the South, Stephen King Video Games, Zombies and More
Several pages of John Jeremiah Sullivan talking about William Faulkner and the South? We might as well make that our entire focus of Weekend Bites. James Parker at the Slate Book Review on Raymond Kennedy’s that predicted the rise of Sarah Palin. Also at Slate Book Review: Michelle Dean on why smart men seem to have misunderstood Sheila Heti’s book. Daniel Roberts on Dave Eggers A Hologram for the King at Fortune. Ten Stephen King novels that should be video games. […]
Morning Bites: New Orleans Krew, What Sasha Frere-Jones Reads, Cohen’s Pushcart, and More
Adam Chandler at The Atlantic on the “amorphous, leaderless collection of New Orleans artists, activists, and anarchists,” Krewe of Eris. Wishing that President Obama truly was one of those European socialists that Republicans claim he is at The New Republic. Months after the release of Pulphead, we still love reading interviews with John Jeremiah Sullivan. Joshua Cohen won a Pushcart Prize. Big mazels. So you were wondering what Sasha Frere-Jones likes to read… Largehearted Boy gets Seth Greenland’s Book Notes for The Angry Buddhist. […]
Indexing: Michael Robbins, Rosecrans Baldwin, Kingsley Amis Revisited, Jersey Devil Honey Wine, and More
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Afternoon Bites: Jarvis Cocker At The Whitney, Daniel Torday, John Jeremiah Sullivan’s View, And More
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.
Indexing: Pulphead Whirlwind, Kris D’Agostino Love, Flatscreen On An Ipad, John Leonard, And More
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Morning Bites: Chabon cover, Columbia College lays off fiction, “Animal Farm” hope, Israeli author protection program, and more
That’s the Stax Records/60s bubblegum/Soul Train inspired cover of Michael Chabon’s forthcoming Telegraph Avenue. (Via Sarah Weinman’s Twitter) While you’re at AWP in Chicago, you should stop by Columbia College and see why they’re laying off the Chair of the Fiction Writing Department. Seems worth checking out. Your Longread suggestion of the day is at The Atlantic: “How ‘Animal Farm’ Gave Hope to Stalin’s Refugees.” Then move on to this Los Angeles Review of Books essay on Bruno Schulz. They’re […]
Indexing: Amelia Gray Fever, Flaubert By Lydia Davis, Russian Protest Reading, Finishing Pulphead, And More
A roundup of things consumed by our contributors.