Checking in with Melissa Broder, Kid Millions on the latest from Man Forever, an interview with the man behind Lavender Country, Sarah McCarry on A Silver Mt. Zion, and more.
When I was in Portland earlier this month, I was told that I needed to read Justin Hocking’s memoir The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld. The recommendation came from Michael Heald, who knows a thing or two about good nonfiction; I was in the midst of talking about various anxieties and frustrations relative to life in New York, writing, and other things, and he suggested that Hocking’s memoir would be a useful thing to read. I’m tempted to say that he’s right. […]
This afternoon: Jhumpa Lahiri remembers Mavis Gallant, a pair of takes on Matthew Barney’s latest, Jennifer Sky talks Seal, J. Spaceman and Kid Millions collaborate, and more.