Five poems by Saeed Jones, talking with Ben Lerner, Kevin Sampsell breaks down the economy of writing, Whit Stillman talks Hitchcock, the current state of book tours, ten NYC writers you should be reading, and more.
Posting will resume on Tuesday.
This afternoon: talking with Megan Hustad about her memoir, a look at Bill Murray’s career, Kevin Sampsell makes a mixtape, and more.
This afternoon: Hilton Als is interviewed at Bookforum, Rick Moody has good things to say about the blissed-out jazz of The Necks, catching up with Kevin Sampsell, what Edith Wharton would say about modern home decor, and more.
This afternoon: Kevin Sampsell is interviewed, Jerry Saltz looks at gender imbalance at MoMA, read work by National Book Award nominees, Wes Anderson gets a tribute compilation, and more.
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Kevin Sampsell’s latest, thoughts on Flannery O’Connor, a Nicola Griffith playlist, musical subway turnstiles, the excess of album launch parties, and more.
Kevin Sampsell. As the author of several acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, the publisher of Future Tense Books, and an advocate for small presses at Portland’s storied Powell’s City of Books, his literary reach is vast. His new novel, This Is Between Us, is the story of a relationship as it unfolds after several years.
Talking storytelling with Nick Antosca and Ken Baumann, Kevin Sampsell interviews Alissa Nutting, Byron Coley makes a record, Oneida offshoot People of the North release a new album, and more.
Books about polar bear obsessives (kind of), Lena Dunham’s favorite Criterion Collection films, a new Kevin Sampsell essay, cinematic sportscasters, and more.