“Put your left hand on the table. Put your right hand in the air. If you stay that way long enough, you’ll get a plot,” Margaret Atwood says when asked where her ideas come from. When questioned about whether she’s ever used that approach, she adds, “No, I don’t have to.” Enough said, Margaret Atwood. I go through phases where I don’t care at all about the practices of other writers, as I’m fairly certain nearly all of us are […]
We Celebrated Being Us!
Last Thursday, our friends Juliet Linderman, Lev Grossman, Adam Wilson, John Wray, and of course Bob Powers, helped us celebrate one year of our live reading series, and the launch of this here website you are reading these words from. And while we could tell you about how much fun we had (lots), and how much we appreciated all the people who came out and their kind words (lots), we are just going to point you to Jami Attenberg’s blog, […]
Happening: Our Launch Party/Storytelling 1 Year Anniversary!!!
On Thursday, October 29th, Vol. 1 Brooklyn will celebrate an anniversary and a birth. Join us in celebrating the official launch of our website, Vol1Brooklyn.com. Born out of a passion for news, opinions, observations and conversations, Vol1Brooklyn.com is the literary-minded culture blog of your dreams. The same evening marks the first birthday of our reading series, Vol. 1 Brooklyn Storytelling. With the simple conviction that everyone has a story to tell–and those stories should be told–Vol. 1 Storytelling has over […]
Bites: Ames is Bored to Death, Thurston on grunge, Sampsell talks to Elliott, Jeter and Jesus = same thing, and more
Is Bored to Death (starring Jason Schwartzman, pictured above) the next HBO show in line that becomes that show people who “don’t watch tv” actually get into (The Wire, The Sopranos, etc.)? Not sure. But knowing that Jonathan Ames is the writer can give one hope. He talks to Huffington Post. Indichik went to our Vol. 1 Storytelling Brooklyn series this last Thursday, and said some very nice things. Lit. Kevin Sampsell interviews Stephen Elliott for the Portland Mercury 2666, […]
Bites: Library flavored ice cream, John Wray, queer zines, Pynchon mania, and more
We’d just like to reiterate that if we have any weight to throw behind getting Ben and Jerry’s to make a library themed ice cream, we would totally throw that weight around. John Wray says that most readings are “intensly boring“. We want to nod, and agree, but, oh, wait, didn’t he do our reading? Dammit! Decider Chicago talks about the Queer Zine Archive Project. Jacket Copy gives us a preview of their Inherent Vice review. Why bother reading it […]
Extra, Extra! John Wray Writes to Music.
New York’s latest literary initiate and Vol. 1 alumnus John Wray, whose third novel Lowboy was published to critical acclaim last month, has provided the New York Times’ Paper Cuts with a playlist of seven songs that helped him write the book. Apparently, his last two novels were written in silence, inside and at a desk — an “office” in all senses of the word. But Wray has always coveted “workspaces,” if only for the romantic idea that loud, unrestrained […]
Vol. 1 Brooklyn Story Series, Feb. 2009
Hexedjournal.com and Sadie Magazine Co-present Vol. 1 Feb 20th, 2009“Ex-Lovers” Five dollar suggested donation. All profits go to 826NYC Kimberlee Auerbach is a performer, teacher and author of The Devil, The Lovers & Me: My Life In Tarot (Dutton 8/07). Her one-woman show, which inspired her memoir, played to sold-out houses in NYC. She teaches memoir writing at Mediabistro, creative writing at Gotham Writers Workshop and counsels 8th grade girls at Liberty LEADS at Bank Street College of Education.John Wray […]