In our morning reading: an interview with Emma Copley Eisenberg, revisiting a Roger Ebert opinion, and more.
Morning Bites: Lost Girls Return, Myrian Gurba’s Writing Space, Claire Messud’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: Lost Girls return with a new album, a Claire Messud cover reveal, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Garrard Conley, Emily Raboteau Nonfiction, Priests Interviewed, Ted Leo, and More
In our afternoon reading: new writing from Garrard Conley and Emily Raboteau, an interview with John Langan, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Charles D’Ambrosio’s “Loitering,” Lannan Literary Awards, Alexis Coe, and More
Notes on Charles D’Ambrosio’s Loitering, Rick Perlstein on Life Itself, new writing from Alexis Coe, essays on art, and more.
Morning Bites: Popsickle Recap, Emily Gould, 2014’s Best Nonfiction, Roger Ebert’s Least-Read Reviews, and More
Sean H. Doyle on Popsickle Five, a pair of interviews with Emily Gould, the year’s best nonfiction books, listening material from John Domini, and much more.
Morning Bites: Remembering Roger Ebert, Lipsyte Talking to Himself, Gatsby Trailer, and More
We’re about as crushed as anybody else about Roger Ebert’s passing. But two things helped us feel a little bit better This Onion piece. (Which is weird, because how many times do you honestly get to say that The Onion made you cry?) This Fresh Air interview Siskel and Ebert from 1996. Sam Lipsyte interviews himself. That sounds kinda dirty. There is a whole bunch of Billy Chilidsh art for you to go see in Chelsea right now. So the […]
Adaptation: Five Books That Must Never Be Adapted For Film
When David Cronenberg turned William Burroughs’s masterwork Naked Lunch into a somewhat linear, entertaining narrative, literary fans everywhere were pleasantly, if not resentfully surprised. Cronenberg, in doing so, proved himself not only a master storyteller, but able to do something that few directors could, adapt dense, postmodern classic novels into solid films. On the other hand, when director Gary Walkow attempted to turn William Burroughs’s seminal novel Queer into a film by combining it with the story of Burroughs’s wife’s […]
Weekend Bites: John Brandon in the Times, Shane Jones Interviewed, Braff Visits the Rebbe, Deserving Rick Moody and More
John Brandon’s Citrus County, reviewed in the New York Times by Daniel Handler An interview with Shane Jones. Dan Chaon on the Bat Segndo Show. Rick Moody’s Five Fingers of Death is a deserved book. Joshua Braf Goes to 770 Eastern Parkway. “I walk into lobbies of untold beauty. I ascend in elevators fit for the gods. Then I walk outside again and see the street defaced by the cruel storefronts of bank branches and mall chains, scornful of beauty.” […]