In our morning reading: highlights from a Margaret Atwood Q & A, a review of the most recent book by Kate Bernheimer, Noah Cicero on Andrew Worthington, and much more. We’ll be taking a quick New Year’s-related break, and will be back on Friday.
Wishing Margaret Atwood a happy birthday, a look at the nation’s best nonprofit writing centers, an interview with Atul Gawande, Kid Millions on George Clinton, and more.
Revisiting Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Zadie Smith and Elif Batuman (among many others) contributed to an exquisite corpse short story, thoughts on Aphex Twin, and more.
Checking in with AV Linton of The Aislers Set, new writing from Matt Bell and Chloe Caldwell, Kate Zambreno on Kathy Acker, John Freeman on Elena Ferrante, and more.
Edan Lepucki on her admiration for the work of Margaret Atwood, Emma Straub on writing a novel, Futurism and noise-punk, A.N. Devers on John Cheever, Nina McConigley reads from her novel, Adam Kirsch on Brian Morton, and more.
Interviews with Margaret Atwood and Gabriel Blackwell, new music from Chris Forsyth, Marc Maron chats with Bob Mould, and more.
An interview with Margaret Atwood, reviews of two new records from Lace Curtain, the history of the movie Clue, a new short story from Jac Jemc, and more.
On Saturday afternoon I watched the gaunt and jaunty Mr. Met trot out from right field to unleash an onslaught upon the ambivalent, half-filled stands of Citi Field. Those of us willing to watch the Mets fall to the Kansas City Royals in a 4-3 twelve inning war of attrition rose up and offered our richest enthusiasm of the day. Not to a swift diving catch or seam-splitting dinger. These vigorous roars of excitement went to a person (gender, race, […]