In our afternoon reading: notes on Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl adaptations, Rebecca Solnit on social media, and more.
Morning Bites: Revisiting De La Soul, Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl, Gazelle Twin Returns, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on a De La Soul reissue, Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl adaptations, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Aoko Matsuda, William Faulkner Revisited, David Nance, Roald Dahl on Film, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Aoko Matsuda and Polly Barton, thoughts on William Faulkner, and more.
Afternoon Bites: A Jace Clayton Excerpt, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roald Dahl Revisited, and More
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Jace Clayton’s latest, thoughts on the new Nick Cave documentary, revisiting books by Roald Dahl and Ursula K. Le Guin, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Leigh Stein Nonfiction, Teju Cole’s Latest, Agustin Fernandez Mallo, Roald Dahl on Film, and More
In our afternoon reading: new writing from Leigh Stein, thoughts on Teju Cole’s new book, a look at literature about the partition of India, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Jacqueline Woodson, Ann and Jeff VanderMeer Interviewed, Michael J. Seidlinger’s YA Novel, Ryan W. Bradley, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Jacqueline Woodson and Dennis Cooper, talking YA with Michael J. Seidlinger, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Bookstore Napping, Mike Watt and Rick Moody Chat, Reading “James and the Giant Peach,” and More
“For years after reading Dahl, I would invent my own words, unconcerned that the gibberish I was scribbling might not exist in a dictionary.” Janelle Brown on James and the Giant Peach. Rick Moody interviewing Mike Watt? Yes, we’ll read that one. Rosemary DeWitt once napped in bookstores. Francisco Goldman on his view of Mexico City. The upcoming Books Beneath The Bridge Festival sounds excellent. Titus Welliver, interviewed at the AV Club. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Bites: Best Book Covers, “Bush-League Method acting,” Social Thuggery, and More
Enough with the literary-merit top 10 lists. Here are the best book covers of 2009. I personally love the look of Ruben Toledo’s designs, but not at all for the books they represent. An awkward confluence of visionary tones. Who imagines their literary heroines with such artistic flair? It’s unsettling. Lit. & Academia City University of New York dean Ann Kirschner recently read Little Dorrit four different ways (paperback, Kindle, iPhone, audiobook). This week, she talks about it on NPR. […]