Essays on Eula Biss’s new book and the art of Mike Kelley, a review of Steve Gunn’s new album, interviews with Justin Taylor and Katha Pollitt, fiction from Grace Paley and Jac Jemc, and more.
Alexander Chee on the work of Mavis Gallant, notes on Wolf in White Van, interviews with Justin Taylor and Owen Pallett, an excerpt of Nicholas Rombes’s forthcoming novel, a prize for second novels, and more.
Gary Panter discusses Ray Johnson, the beginnings of British noir, a tribute to Wendi Harris Kaufman, the cloud and classical music, and more.
New writing from Luke B. Goebel and Leslie Jamison, Norman Brannon on cultural memory, a report from Justin Taylor and Jess Row’s recent event, and more.
An interview with Elissa Schappell, Justin Taylor on books with a notable sense of place, writing from Sasha Fletcher, Wendy C. Ortiz, and Melissa Broder, and more.
Julia Fierro on building a literary scene, interviews with Justin Taylor and Wendy C. Ortiz, a look at the history of ABC No Rio and zines, and more.
Earlier this year, I talked with Justin Taylor–not about his then-forthcoming collection Flings (which was released on Tuesday), but about his work as editor of the journal The Agriculture Reader. He spoke about his editorial work there as freeing, and about how it affected the kind of work that he writes. At BookCourt earlier this week, Taylor read from his new collection–specifically, the story “Sungold,” one of the funniest stories he’s written, and also one abounding with musings on academics, the immigrant experience, […]
A playlist from Wendy C. Ortiz, Justin Taylor on fake IDs, new fiction from Dolan Morgan and Brenna Ehrlich, London’s secret libraries, and more.