It was cold the morning after it was announced David Bowie had died. Not surprising since I live in New York City and it happened in January. Yet I found myself standing outside my apartment around six in the morning, gym clothes on, not really dressed to be idling around. I put on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, which I’ve listened to countless times since I was about 13, and simply referred to […]
Morning Bites: Kiese Laymon, Giant Translated Novels, New Alternative Music Festival Report, and More
In our morning reading: new nonfiction from Kiese Laymon, Scott Esposito on huge books in translation, and much more.
Morning Bites: Virginia Woolf’s Birthday, Charlie Jane Anders, Kiese Laymon Nonfiction, Matt Gallagher’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: Virginia Woolf’s birthday, new writing from Kiese Laymon, spring book recommendations from BOMB, and more.
Morning Bites: Kiese Laymon on Outkast, Literary Award Speeches, Culinary Sports, Jeff VanderMeer Nonfiction, and More
In our morning reading: new essays from Kiese Laymon and Jeff VanderMeer; award speeches from Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, and Karl Ove Knausgaard; and more.
Weekend Bites: Kiese Laymon Nonfiction, Meredith Graves, Richard Hell Interviewed, Short Story Costumes, and More
In our weekend reading: new nonfiction from Kiese Laymon and Meredith Graves, a review of Sean H. Doyle’s book, an excerpt from Michael J. Seidlinger’s novel, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Kiese Laymon, Dean Bakopoulos’s Latest, Celeste Ng Interviewed, Literary Basketball, and More
In our afternoon reading: new nonfiction from Kiese Laymon, an interview with Celeste Ng, a review of Dean Bakopolous’s new novel, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Kiese Laymon on Paul Beatty, Indie Bookstores, Sally Timms Interviews Kim Gordon, Queequeg Fanfiction, and More
In our Friday afternoon reading: Kiese Laymon on the new novel from Paul Beatty, Michele Filgate on the state of indie bookstores, Sally Timms interviews Kim Gordon, new poetry from Natalie Eilbert, and more.
Morning Bites: Porochista Khakpour, Kiese Laymon on Practice, New Waxahatchee, Kyle Minor’s Award, and More
In our morning reading: new writing from (and an interview with) Porochista Khakpour, an award for Kyle Minor, new music from Waxahatchee, the question of whether New York’s art scene is doomed, and more.