In our morning reading: Jami Attenberg talked with Judy Blume and Emily Gould; new writing from Sarah Gerard and Michele Filgate; notes on a Mountain Goats show; and more.
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Sean H. Doyle and Kate Bolick, tour photos from Ex Hex, Hoboken gets a bookstore, notes on Maggie Nelson’s new book, and more.
In our weekend reading: Roxane Gay on the new book from Toni Morrison, Titus Andronicus returns, an interview with Nick Kroll, reviews of books from Silvia Moreno-García and Rios de la Luz, and more.
In our afternoon reading: a new short story from Emily Schultz; Michele Filgate on AWP; new nonfiction from Amelia Gray, Lauren Quinn, and Meredith Graves; and more.
In our Friday afternoon reading: Kiese Laymon on the new novel from Paul Beatty, Michele Filgate on the state of indie bookstores, Sally Timms interviews Kim Gordon, new poetry from Natalie Eilbert, and more.
In our morning reading: looking ahead to the most anticipated books of 2015, a look at the world of selling Christmas trees, thoughts on new books from Charles D’Ambrosio and Donald Antrim, and more.
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 […]