New writing from Eduardo Galeano, Maura Johnston on songs of the summer, Karolina Waclawiak on Yelena Akhtiorskaya, floating libraries, and more.
A look at the early music of Patti Smith, an interview with Emily Raboteau, an excerpt from Nick Harkaway’s new novel, music from Noveller’s collaboration with thisquietarmy, and more.
For your weekend reading: new fiction from Karolina Waclawiak, an interview about the Jesus Lizard book, revisiting the 1979 Whitney Biennial, My Morning Jacket covering Songs:Ohia, and more.
This afternoon: an excerpt from Joseph Riippi’s new book, Karolina Waclawiak on Kyle Minor’s latest, authors’ regrets regarding their fiction, and more.
Mark Richardson on the new album from David Lynch, a review of director Curtis Harrington’s memoir, authors share their favorite literary streets, Alexander Maksik is interviewed, and more.
Nouvella has your literary valentine needs covered. The latest installment of Book^2 Camp was yesterday; Philip Turner, Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, and Dan Blank shared their thoughts on the event. “We need a name for them, that subset of literary protagonists who are appealing despite being appalling.” So begins Kathryn Schultz’s review of Amity Gage’s Schroder. Gary Indiana looks at the novels of Renata Adler in Bookforum. In today’s installment of “writers we like talking with writers we like,” Karolina Waclawiak chatted with Bookstalker. […]
Matthew Zapruder revisits Doctor Zhivago. The Brooklyn Book Festival has a page from Karolina Waclawiak’s next novel, Invaders, on their website. Karina Longworth on Ellen Willis. Rocket From the Crypt reunited for “Yo Gabba Gabba!” Warren Ellis’s “How To See The Future” is essential reading. (Also: Ellis is writing a work of nonfiction for FSG.) Jon Cotner led a walk across Fire Island. Eric Sunderman chats with D.T. Max for the Village Voice. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Maybe the best news we received all weekend: “PBS to Air Ken Burns’s “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” in 2014.” Zadie Smith has a new short story in this week’s New Yorker “about the friendship between two girls from Kilburn in North West London.” A close second in the best news department was the e-mail we received that Karolina Waclawiak went on the Bat Segundo Show. Letters from New Yorker cartoonists. Hanging out on the East End. The greatest Olympic race you may have never […]