In our morning reading: new nonfiction from Ta-Nehisi Coates and Clancy Martin, an excerpt from Matt Bell’s new book, notes on karaoke, and more.
In this morning’s reading: an excerpt from a new book by Matt Bell, new writing from xTx, a film co-written by Halle Butler has a fundraiser going on, and more.
The month of June brings with it a widely varied host of literature. If you’re in the mood for literary fiction from some of the most adept practitioners of it, you’re going to be pretty well taken care of. Perhaps you’re searching for work from a cult writer that’s only recently re-entered the spotlight? Some of these books fall into this category as well. From surreal, disorienting fiction to explorations of spaces familiar and historic, these books offer plenty for […]
We’ve been reading (and admiring) the work of Matt Bell for a while now; we ran an excerpt of his 2013 novel In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods, and talked with him in 2012 about his short novel Cataclysm Baby. Needless to say, we’re looking forward to reading his forthcoming Scrapper, due out from Soho Press in September. Its cover, which was just announced, is gritty and evocative in equal measure.
In our afternoon reading: new writing from Colin Dickey, Leesa Cross-Smith, and Sasha Flether; Matt Bell interviewed Jonathan Lethem; notes on Lee Hazlewood; and more.
In our morning reading: interviews with Porochista Khakpour, J.C. Hallman, and Amelia Gray; a review of the reissue of Thursday’s debut; new fiction from Thomas Pierce, and more.
In our morning reading: fiction by Thomas Pierce, imagining an unmade Coen Brothers literary adaptation, Stuart Murdoch talks soccer, a new story from Elliott Holt, and more.
New fiction from Matt Bell; thoughts on 2014 in literature and comedy; notes on a reissued Wire live album; a playlist from John Dermot Woods; revisiting a series of interviews with James Baldwin; and more.