This afternoon: revisiting the works of Stanley Elkin, the latest from Gem Club, Matt Bell talks with Mary Miller, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Stanley Elkin, Jonny Greenwood and “Inherent Vice,” Gem Club, Matt Bell & Mary Miller, and More
A Year of Favorites: Michele Filgate
Books! I love them. I live for words and I live for stories that can move me and tell me how to exist in this complicated, fucked-up world that we call home. Here are ten books that challenged me, entertained me, or stayed with me long after I read the final paragraph. The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud Earlier this year, Messud received some attention as the literary world argued about unlikable characters. Nora isn’t an unlikable character. She’s likable […]
Afternoon Bites: Blake Butler on 2013, 4AD, Dennis Cooper’s Poetry, Overlooked Books, and More
This afternoon: a look at the 4AD book, Blake Butler recommends some books he read in 2013, Dennis Cooper’s new poetry collection is out, and more.
Morning Bites: Grace Jones’s Memoir, Genius Grants, James Baldwin’s Essays, Parquet Courts Mixtape, and More
Genius grants for Donald Antrim and Karen Russell, looking back at James Baldwin’s essays, Parquet Courts has a mixtape, Jeff Jackson has a playlist, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Matt Bell Talks With Alissa Nutting, Novelist Video Game, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, Mark Kozelek’s Latest, and More
Matt Bell interviews Alissa Nutting, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh talks with Full Stop, Mark Kozelek returns, Publishing Genius’s Kickstarter campaign, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Matt Bell Interviewed, Nick Harkaway on Doctor Who, Lena Dunham Mixtape, Lady Pickpockets, and More
Nick Harkaway talks about writing Doctor Who, Jodi Angel discusses her new collection, The Toast looks at historical pickpockets, Vulture has beach reads for you, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Talking Florida with Lindsay Hunter, Zine Newsstands, Interviewing Matt Bell, and More
Matt Bell talked with Jennifer Sky, Lindsay Hunter spoke about Florida, news on an underground zine shop, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Rodan Revisited, Matt Bell Interviewed, Marc Maron & Cats, and More
Revisiting Rodan’s work via a new rarities collection and a 2009 interview with Jason Noble, conversations with Matt Bell and Roxane Gay, Royal Young on changing his name, and more.