In our morning reading: thoughts on Shabazz Palaces’ new album, Porochista Khakpour on writing residencies, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Eileen Myles Interviewed, Danielle Henderson Nonfiction, Lauren McKeon, Kamasi Washington’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Eileen Myles and Lauren McKeon, new writing by Sarah Rose Etter, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Hoax Literary Brawls, Lost Orson Welles, Ken Baumann’s Playlist, “Clear History” Reviewed, and More
Jenni Fagan and Ken Baumann share playlists, Larry David’s new project is reviewed, a nonexistent literary brawl is investigated, Tyler Coates recommends LGBT nonfiction, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Larry David on “Clear History,” Neil Gaiman’s Video Game, “The Ice Storm” Architecture, and More
Why The Long Walk should be a movie, news of the video game that Neil Gaiman is creating, Larry David interviewed, Blake Butler meets the pretzel burger, and more.
Morning Bites: Dash Shaw’s Latest, Larry David, “The Rite of Spring” Visualized, Inside Mellow Pages, and More
Looking at New World, the latest graphic novel from Dash Shaw. “But so often when novelists try to do a scene that deals with the art world, if they get the smallest thing wrong, the whole thing––the whole ship sinks. You have to know the codes.” Rachel Kushner talked with The Believer. Hitchhiking with Larry David. Joshuah Bearman: interviewed by The Rumpus. Talking with the folks behind the community library and reading room known as Mellow Pages. Someone made a visual version […]
Afternoon Bites: Best Music Writing, Ben Tanzer, Richard Yates, and more
The 2011 edition of the Best Music Writing anthology is out now, with readings to follow next week in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Michaelangelo Matos has compiled links to nearly all of the pieces listed as honorable mentions in this year’s volume. The next pick for Chuck Palahniuk’s book club? Ben Tanzer’s You Can Make Him Like You. (Our review is here.) When Richard Yates met Larry David… In today’s “Vol.1 editors linking things they’ve written” department, may we present Tobias Carroll’s […]
Morning Bites: DeLillo’s “Underworld,” 10 pages of Minor, Zola Jesus, and more
Michiko Kakutani on why Don DeLillo’s 1997 “masterpiece,” Underworld, is still very worthy of your time. The first ten pages of Kyle Minor’s forthcoming book, The Sexual Lives of Missionaries, are available at Guernica. (Via HTML Giant) Maybe reconsider inviting Slavoj Žižek over to dinner? EMA and Zola Jesus cover “Crimson and Clover.” Is Larry David getting in touch with his feminine side? The A.V. Club reviews last night’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.
The Coen Brothers and the Return of the Middle-Aged Jewish Man
By Jason Diamond Using names like Woody Allen, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, and Leonard Michaels, a case could be made that there is an entire genre focusing solely on the neurosis of middle-aged Jewish men. John Updike must have thought so, take his character Henry Bech for proof. But while Bellow, Michaels, and the WASP king Updike are all dead, Roth is still good (a bit depressing maybe, but in a good way) and Allen is more content on using […]