In our morning reading: an interview with Idra Novey, a report on the challenges facing libraries, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Tommy Pico and Carmen Maria Machado on Horror, Jasmine Sawers’s Collection, Melissa Gira Grant on Politics, and More
In our afternoon reading: Tommy Pico and Carmen Maria Machado on horror, revisiting Kafka’s diaries, and more.
Morning Bites: Renee Gladman’s Recent Reading, Melissa Gira Grant on Politics, Janelle Monáe’s Book, and More
In our morning reading: Renee Gladman on books, 75 Dollar Bill interviewed, and more.
Afternoon Bites: New Luke B. Goebel Fiction, “The Congress” Reviewed, Kate Bush Albums as Books, Norman Brannon on Cultural Memory, and More
New writing from Luke B. Goebel and Leslie Jamison, Norman Brannon on cultural memory, a report from Justin Taylor and Jess Row’s recent event, and more.
The Zinophile: Fragments, Arrivals, and Debates
I have few regrets from my recent trip to the Pacific Northwest, but atop the list was my inability to make it to the new location of the long-running indie bookstore Reading Frenzy. I was happy to hear of their successful fundraising campaign (to which I contributed, leading to a print with illustrations of a number of zines that now hangs in my living room), and hoped to make it up to their new space. An abbreviated stay, though, impeded […]