In our morning reading: an interview with Paul Harding, new writing by Gregory Pardlo, and more.
Morning Bites: Danez Smith on Paul Harding, Allie Rowbottom Interviewed, Can Xue’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: Danez Smith on Paul Harding’s new novel, small press book recommendations, and more.
Morning Bites: “Native Son” on Film, Dubravka Ugresic Interviewed, Paul Harding, Marci Vogel’s Playlist, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on the film adaptation of a classic novel by Richard Wright, a conversation with Paul Harding, and more.
#tobyreads: Playing Catch-Up With Literary 2013
Usually, this is the kind of thing I do when the Tournament of Books is announced: a frantic flailing to try to read as many acclaimed books from a given year as humanly possible. This year,I decided to get things underway a little early. Maybe James McBride is the reason: his The Good Lord Bird seems to be racking up award nominations right and left; given that Jason also had kind things to say about it over at Flavorwire, I figured […]
Morning Bites: Catching Up With The Wrens, Happy Birthday Upton Sinclair, Zweig Movies, Harding on Cheever, and More
Wishing Upton Sinclair a happy birthday, learning what The Wrens have been up to, chatting with poet Michael Dickman, adapting Stefan Zweig for the screen, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Publishing Genius History, “Salinger” Drinking Games, Christgau on Rush, Paul Harding Playlist, and More
A Paul Harding playlist, Evan Dorkin hints at a return to Eltingville, Robert Christgau on Norman Rush, Two Dollar Radio talks with Late Night Library, and more.
A year of favorites: Tobias’s Best Of Not-2011
Posted by Tobias Carroll This is the second of two lists of the books I read this year that I most enjoyed. Here, the focus is on older books that I first encountered this year; strangely, the focus here is much more on fiction than on my other list, and I’m a little uneasy that this list is far more dude-heavy than its counterpart. I wasn’t entirely sure where to fit Michael Kimball’s Us, an older novel revised for its […]