The Outlet reports on the launch party for issue 15 of A Public Space. “One day I overheard two women who I am pretty sure worked for one of the Condé Nast magazines discussing a coworker who had a weight problem. I remember the conversation was casually vicious. I had an image of the two women being chased by a horde of ravenous obese people, then eaten, and I wanted to write that book.” Nick Antosca provides Book Notes for […]
Afternoon Bites: Peter Straub, Al Jaffee, “The Speed Chronicles,” and more
Michaelangelo Matos on the Joseph Mattson-edited anthology The Speed Chronicles, out now from Akashic. Al Jaffee’s Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions: live. Charles Yu on 1Q84: “The novel is strongest when it sticks to its most powerful idea, the one implied by its title: the world as a kind of question.” We are very jealous of Peter Straub’s record collection. Some very good points made w/r/t Amazon, from Bookavore. Edward Champion reports from Toronto. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and […]