In our afternoon reading: an interview with Nate Lippens, checking in with Desert Island, and more.
Rhizomatic Reading: John Madera’s “Nervosities”
In John Madera’s debut fiction collection, Nervosities, heavy concepts—diaspora, transversalism, the over-saturated and over-stimulated post-industrialized world Herbert Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man could only have dreamed about—are woven by Madera into human stories with such subtle, virtuoso touches, that Nervosities becomes much more than an objet conceptual.
Books of the Month: May 2024
It’s a few days into a new month, and you can probably tell what’s next: we have some May books we’d like to recommend. Stylistically, they cover a lot of terrain; you’ll find everything from experimental short fiction to haunting meditations of contemporary politics here. Read on for some suggestions for the weeks to come.
Weekend Bites: Juan Martinez’s Latest, PEN Literary Awards Longlists, Daisuke Shen and Vi Khi Nao on Collaborating, and More
In our weekend reading: thoughts on Juan Martinez’s new novel, fiction by John Madera, and more.
Morning Bites: John Lurie Interviewed, Elena Ferrante’s Fiction, A History of Maxwell’s, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with John Lurie, thoughts on Elena Ferrante’s fiction, and more.
Morning Bites: Uniform, Matthew Salesses Nonfiction, Lara Mimosa Montes, Olga Slavnikova’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on Uniform’s new album, new writing by Matthew Salesses, and more.
Literature as Impossibility Space: An Interview with John Madera
The online journal Big Other turns 10 this year. Tony Trigilio checked in with Big Other founder John Madera for a look back at the last decade, thoughts on the current state of literature, and what the future of Big Other might hold.
Morning Bites: NBCC Award Winners, Lee Rourke, Big Other at 10, Isaac Fitzgerald, and More
In our morning reading: the winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards, new writing by Isaac Fitzgerald, and more.