In our morning reading: an excerpt from Bette Howland’s memoir, thoughts on Claude McKay’s fiction, and more.
Morning Bites: A Brian Phillips Excerpt, Haruki Murakami On Film, Marian Womack Interviewed, Kelby Losack, and More
In our morning reading: an excerpt from Brian Phillips’s new book, an interview with Marian Womack, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: A “Tiny Crimes” Playlist, R.O. Kwon, Terrance Hayes Interviewed, Gang Gang Dance, and More
In our afternoon reading: a playlist inspired by “Tiny Crimes,” a remembrance of Richard Swift, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Derek Raymond, BELLS≥, Norman Rush, and more
Melville House has audio up from 1993 of Derek Raymond reading from his fantastic novel I Was Dora Suarez. They’ve recently reissued his Factory novels, some of the bleakest, most intense crime fiction you’re likely to read. Earlier this year, we interviewed the Brooklyn-based instrumental rock quartet BELLS≥. They have a new EP out now. At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Magdalena Edwards looks at the work of Norman Rush. At Dusted, Vol.1’s Tobias Carroll has some thoughts on […]