In our weekend reading: exploring the fiction of Robert Aickman, a new story by Juliet Escoria, and much more.
Morning Bites: Revisiting Robert Aickman, A. M. Homes, Sheila Heti Interviewed, Laura van den Berg, and More
In our morning reading: revisiting the fiction of Robert Aickman, a story by Laura van den Berg, and much more.
Afternoon Bites: Samantha Irby, Shy Watson Interviewed, William Boyle, Robert Aickman Revisited, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Samantha Irby, a playlist from William Boyle, and much more.
The Cordial Horrors of Rachel Ingalls’s “Friends in the Country”
In the lead-up to the release of his film Get Out, Jordan Peele curated a series of films at BAM titled “The Art of the Social Thriller.” In recent years, the unsettling fiction of Robert Aickman has received a heightened prominence, including work that depends on a heightened sense of wrongness in terms of social interactions between characters. (It’s telling that his recently-reissued novel The Late Breakfasters feels like something written by a bizarro-world Evelyn Waugh.) The idea of a […]
Morning Bites: Robert Aickman, Wendy C. Ortiz Interviewed, Body/Head, Writing the 80s, and More
In our morning reading: exploring Robert Aickman’s fiction, an interview with Wendy C. Ortiz, musical recommendations from Body/Head, and more.