Jonathan Lethem discusses the life and work of Don Carpenter, interviews with Sofia Samatar and Juliet Escoria, The Faint talk bookstores, thoughts on the new Songs:Ohia singles collection, and more.
Interviews with Juliet Escoria and The Both, notes on Alice Munro on film, a review of the new album from Woods, thriving NYC indie bookstores, and more.
This afternoon: thoughts on Lynne Tillman’s new collection, a mix from Juliet Escoria, Karen Joy Fowler wins the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, Richard Hell reads from his memoir, and more.
This afternoon: a look at Shirley Jackson’s The Sundial, Geeta Dayal on Robert Ashley, Helen Oyeyemi talked with NPR, fiction inspired by a Juliet Escoria short story, and more.
Revisiting George Plimpton’s report from the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Juliet Escoria checks in with Mary Miller, Jen Doll on why House Hunters matters, and more.
We’re tremendously excited to read Juliet Escoria’s collection Black Cloud, out on Civil Coping Mechanisms this April, given Escoria’s penchant for haunting, visceral fiction. Given that one of the stories featured in the collection, “The Other Kind of Magic,” first appeared here last year, we’re especially eager to check it out. Now, Escoria has made a short film inspired by (a remixed version of) this story; you can watch it below.
This morning: talking records with Kathleen Hanna, Carrie Brownstein talks books, the emo revival is discussed, Spork Press is interviewed, and more.
We are huge admirers of the work of Juliet Escoria; among other things, earlier this year, we published her story “The Other Kind of Magic.” We were also thrilled to hear that Civil Coping Mechanisms would be releasing her debut collection, Black Cloud, in 2014.