Hamilton Leithauser discusses his new album with a fellow Walkmen alumnus, scenes from Karl Ove Knausgård’s Community Bookstore appearance, thoughts on books from Patricia Lockwood and Julia Fierro, zine editors interviewed, and more.
Patricia Lockwood in the Times, an excerpt from Emma Straub’s new one, music from Dark Blue, Reading Rainbow’s Kickstarter campaign, and more.
In this morning’s reading: the Times reviewed Gary Shteyngart’s memoir; Tao Lin looks at literary 2014; Steve Gunn shares what he’s been listening to; Patricia Lockwood talks with The Rumpus; and more.
I have noticed that George Saunders has a favorite quote. Well, maybe it’s not his favorite favorite, as if anyone really has one of those, but he has cited it often, in interviews where it had absolutely no place at all. The quote is attributed to Gerald Stern, but Saunders dominates the first page of results if you type the whole thing in your search bar. “If you set out to write a poem about two dogs fucking,” the quote […]