This morning: James Baldwin’s poetry and literary legacy, an interview with Kelly Luce, Greg Dulli on the latest from Afghan Whigs, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Psychic Healers, Matthew Dickman, Dreiser’s Chicago, Kelly Luce Reviewed, and More
Reviewing Kelly Luce’s new collection, discussing cult science fiction films at The Dissolve, Adam Wilson visits a psychic, and more.
Animal Selves and Mystic Toasters: An Interview With Kelly Luce
It’s hard to shake the stories in Kelly Luce‘s collection Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail. Most of them are set in Japan; those that aren’t tend to be connected to said nation in some other way. The deceased character at the center of “Rooey,” for instance, possessed a fondness for Japan for an early age. Sometimes, as in “Pioneers,” Luce sharply portrays characters’ daily lives, and the ways in which they can be disrupted. In others, especially […]