There’s something really dirty about Lindsay Hunter‘s debut novel, Ugly Girls. It’s more the traditional dirt, however, the type that’s of the earth, and that leaves all kinds of stuff under your fingernails. The setting and the characters–a bunch of people who don’t seem to be going anywhere, who live in some Nowhereville, USA type of place–combined with Hunter’s perfect prose leading into a curse word or a misspelled chat or text here or there, help give Hunter’s first novel […]
Afternoon Bites: Mykki Blanco and Kathleen Hanna, William Gibson, Lost Georges Perec Novel, Neil Gaiman at the NYPL, and More
In this afternoon’s reading: interviews with William Gibson and Lindsay Hunter, Mykki Blanco and Kathleen Hanna in conversation, touring literary artifacts with Neil Gaiman, and more.
Morning Bites: New Kazuo Ishiguro, Shirley Jackson Stamps, Lindsay Hunter, Nick Thornburn on “Serial,” and More
A new novel is on the way from Kazuo Ishiguro, Luke B. Goebel interviewed Lindsay Hunter, notes on Curationism, Nick Thornburn talked about his work on Serial, and more.
Vol.1 Brooklyn’s November 2014 Books Preview
As the year turns the corner into November, the array of fantastic, challenging books available to read continues. Our picks for our most highly-anticipated books for the month include investigations of the art world and irreverent takes on literature; a novel of grief and the open road and a novel of families falling apart; the return of one of America’s greatest living authors and a collection of some of the best essays written in the last few decades. Alternately: it’s a particularly […]
Morning Bites: “Binary Star” Book Tour, Lindsay Hunter, Mary Timony Interviewed, Shelly Oria Fiction, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Mary Timony, a fundraiser for Sarah Gerard’s book tour, new fiction from Shelly Oria, Lindsay Hunter on her new novel, and more.
Morning Bites: A Lindsay Hunter Excerpt, Black Constellation, Jess Row Interviewed, Chloe Caldwell, and More
In our morning reading: an excerpt from Lindsay Hunter’s new novel, notes on the music of Eritrea, a review of the miniseries adapting Olive Kitteridge, interviews with Jess Row and John Darnielle, reviews of S’s new album and Chloe Caldwell’s new novella, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Laura van den Berg on Nancy Drew, Loftus Reissued, Emma Straub on “Rock the Cradle,” Lindsay Hunter Interviews Herself, and More
Laura van den Berg talks Nancy Drew, notes on the Loftus reissue, Califone’s Tumblr music video, new Warren Ellis fiction, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Allen Ginsberg’s Apartment, Grant Hart’s Latest, New TV On the Radio, William T. Vollmann Reissued, and More
A Lindsay Hunter excerpt, Al Jourgensen talks about his memoir, Grant Hart channels Burroughs channeling Milton, Allen Ginsberg’s old apartment, and more.