Tobias Carroll’s picks Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem Midnight Picnic by Nick Antosca Scorch Atlas by Blake Butler AM/PM by Amelia Gray Lowboy by John Wray The Other City by Michal Ajvaz Asta in the Wings by Jan Elizabeth Watson Between Jan Elizabeth Watson’s novel of a brother and sister raised in isolation and Colson Whitehead’s Sag Harbor, this was a good year for novels evoking childhood. Both Watson and Whitehead deftly suggest their narrators’ adult destinies with a few […]
Vol. 1 Brooklyn Story Series, April, 2009
For some, Thursday is a night to prepare for the weekend that everybody is apparently working for, while for others it’s 30 Rock night. But for the most part, Friday-Saturday nights are for the amateurs, and you can simply check out the continuing adventures of Liz Lemon, Jack Donaghy, and Tracy Jordan on NBC’s website over the weekend. Thursday night is the real night to shine. More specifically, the one on April 9th will be pretty momentous as we present […]