In our morning reading: Victor LaValle and Marlon James in conversation, a review of Kelby Losack’s new novel, and more.
Weekend Bites: Brian Alan Ellis Interviewed, Deborah Eisenberg’s Recommendations, Overlooked Albums, Kelby Losack, and More
In our weekend reading: interviews with Brian Alan Ellis and Kelby Losack, book recommendations from Deborah Eisenberg, and more.
Morning Bites: A Brian Phillips Excerpt, Haruki Murakami On Film, Marian Womack Interviewed, Kelby Losack, and More
In our morning reading: an excerpt from Brian Phillips’s new book, an interview with Marian Womack, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Sloane Crosley, Evan Narcisse on Comics, Michelle Dean Interviewed, Kelby Losack, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Sloane Crosley and Michelle Dean, new writing by Kelby Losack, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Adapting “Americanah,” Danez Smith, Scott Adlerberg Interviewed, Pamela Ryder, and More
In our afternoon reading: news of a television adaptation of “Americanah,” new writing by Scaachi Koul and Brandon Taylor, and more.
Morning Bites: Revisiting Harry Mathews, Scaachi Koul, Kelby Losack Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: revisiting Harry Mathews’s fiction, interviews with Scaachi Koul and Kelby Losack, and more.
A Harrowing Life, Channeled into Fiction: A Review of Kelby Losack’s “Heathenish”
I was 19 and floating aimlessly in that post-high school miasma of uncertainty and misdirected angst. I was helping a drug dealer sell stolen jewelry near the beach when my friend Ricky showed up and invited me to hang out. We could go for a walk or pack a bowl or visit someone else or drive around or get food because everything was more or less the same to us and everything sounds good when you have no plans and […]