In our afternoon reading: Porochista Khakpour revisits a Ben Okri novel, a report from the Nantucket Book Festival, a look at literary Florida, and more.
In our afternoon reading: checking in with Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos, new nonfiction from Porochista Khakpour, new fiction from Maria Dahvana Headley, and much more.
On a Friday night in the borough of Manhattan, five writers will converge on KGB Bar. Words will be read. Images will be seared. Lives will be changed. This is Search & Destroy. Reading will be: Sarah Jean Alexander Juliet Escoria Chelsea Hodson Porochista Khakpour Katherine Faw Morris This event will take place at KGB Bar (85 East 4th Street, New York, NY), and will begin at 7:00 pm. Facebook RSVP here.
In our morning reading: interviews with Porochista Khakpour, J.C. Hallman, and Amelia Gray; a review of the reissue of Thursday’s debut; new fiction from Thomas Pierce, and more.
If your taste in books favors ravaged landscapes, troubling futures, and oft-unsettling commentary on society, it’s a good time to be a reader. And as dystopian fiction goes through more and more permutations, we wanted to get some of our favorite writers together to discuss it. This panel will explore the current wave of dystopian fiction, how it mixes with other genres, where it’s going, and what it says about literature and society in general. Our panel will consist of: […]
In our afternoon reading: histories of The Go-Betweens and Godflesh, interviews with Sarah Gerard and Porochista Khakpour, notes on the new collection from Alejandro Zambra, and more.
In our morning reading: new writing from (and an interview with) Porochista Khakpour, an award for Kyle Minor, new music from Waxahatchee, the question of whether New York’s art scene is doomed, and more.
I felt the need to go back and revisit some of the books on this list I’ve been compiling since January 1st to see how these titles stood up since I spent the first six months of 2014 reading for work, and the second-half mostly for pleasure. What I came away with was the realization that I couldn’t think of another year where new literature brought me so much joy as much as 2014 did. Sure, I was reading a lot […]