In our morning reading: new writing from Mira Ptacin, an interview with Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and more.
Morning Bites: Jenny Offill’s Latest, Brandon Taylor Interviewed, Erika T. Wurth and Hillary Leftwich, Mira Ptacin Nonfiction, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on books by Jenny Offill and Marian Womack, an interview with Brandon Taylor, and more.
Morning Bites: Mira Ptacin Interviewed, Maaza Mengiste, Nommo Award Winners, John Freeman Gill on Brooklyn History, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Mira Ptacin, new writing from John Freeman Gill, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Elizabeth Hardwick’s Essays, James Baldwin, Mira Ptacin Nonfiction, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Elizabeth Hardwick’s essays, new writing by Lauren Elkin and Mira Ptacin, and more.
A Year of Favorites: Jason Diamond
It was cold the morning after it was announced David Bowie had died. Not surprising since I live in New York City and it happened in January. Yet I found myself standing outside my apartment around six in the morning, gym clothes on, not really dressed to be idling around. I put on The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, which I’ve listened to countless times since I was about 13, and simply referred to […]
Mid-Year 2016: The Year’s Best Nonfiction (So Far)
It’s been a great year for nonfiction so far, with work that’s encompassed everything from memorable and harrowing true-life stories to formally bold takes on everyday topics. What follows is a look at some of the nonfiction books that have gotten our attention in the first half of this year.
Encountering “The Violence of Living”: A Review of Mira Ptacin’s “Poor Your Soul”
Poor Your Soul, the debut effort from author Mira Ptacin, sets its sight on telling untold stories of women. The title, a delicious phrase taken from the idiosyncratic immigrant English of her powerful mother, signifies a complex, overlapping story of the bonds between two generations of powerful women dealing with death and the creation of life, using pain and suffering as the connective tissue. Ptacin, a native of the smaller Battle Creek, Michigan, finds herself beguiled by the glittering illusions […]
Afternoon Bites: Mira Ptacin Interviewed, AAWW at 25, Simon Critchley on David Bowie, and More
In our afternoon reading: checking in with David Bowie, a musical Rick Moody project, news from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and more.