Miriam Toews – Vol. 1 Brooklyn

Checking In With Lauren Denitzio of Worriers

February 28, 2024 No Comments

Worriers

It’s been a busy year and change for Worriers‘ Lauren Denitzio. Their band has released two albums since the beginning of 2023: Warm Blanket and Trust Your Gut. Worriers is now on the road sharing bills with Alkaline Trio and Drug Church, and Denitzio’s excellent newsletter Get It Together is a go-to source for musings on the creative life and terrific musical recommendations. As Worriers makes their way across the country, I checked in with Denitzio about their latest albums, life in California, and tour reading.

Bites

Afternoon Bites: Matt Bell and Lincoln Michel on Writing, Miriam Toews’s Fiction, Donna Hemans’s Recommendations, and More

March 7, 2022 No Comments

Refuse to be Done
In our afternoon reading: talking with Matt Bell about writing, Donna Hemans’s book recommendations, and more.

Bites

Afternoon Bites: Raphael Bob-Waksberg Interviewed, Dapper Dan, Miriam Toews Revisited, Carlos Labbé, and More

July 2, 2019 No Comments

In our afternoon reading: an interview with Raphael Bob-Waksberg, thoughts on books by Miriam Toews and Carlos Labbé, and more.

Bites

Morning Bites: Samuel R. Delany on Joanna Russ’s Prose, Rita Indiana This Is Horror Awards, Dávila 666 Returns, and More

May 21, 2019 No Comments

In our morning reading: Samuel R. Delany on Joanna Russ’s fiction, thoughts on books by Rita Indiana and Miriam Toews, and more.

Bites

Afternoon Bites: Joseph Scapellato, Morgan Parker Interviewed, Miriam Toews, Wendy C. Ortiz and Fiona Helmsley, and More

February 11, 2019 No Comments

In our afternoon reading: exploring the fiction of Joseph Scapellato, an interview with Morgan Parker, and more.

Books of the Month, Featured

Vol.1 Brooklyn’s November 2014 Books Preview

November 4, 2014 No Comments

As the year turns the corner into November, the array of fantastic, challenging books available to read continues. Our picks for our most highly-anticipated books for the month include investigations of the art world and irreverent takes on literature; a novel of grief and the open road and a novel of families falling apart; the return of one of America’s greatest living authors and a collection of some of the best essays written in the last few decades. Alternately: it’s a particularly […]