In our afternoon reading: revisiting Barbara Comyns’s fiction, an interview with Jo Piazza, and more.
Morning Bites: Margaret Renkl on Writing, John Ganz on Books, Interviewing Bill Orcutt, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Margaret Renkl and Lucy Sante, thoughts on a Keith Haring biography, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Kelly Barnhill Nonfiction, Adapting Percival Everett, K-Ming Chang Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: new writing by Kelly Barnhill and Leslie Jamison, an interview with K-Ming Chang, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting Diane Oliver, Thurston Moore’s Memoir, Interviewing Jonathan Lethem, and More
In our afternoon reading: revisiting the writings of Diane Oliver and Stephen Gregory, interviews with Jonathan Lethem and Chuck Johnson, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Molly Lynch’s Latest, Rax King Nonfiction, Alabaster DePlume Returns, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Molly Lynch’s new book, an essay by Rax King, and more.
Morning Bites: Bret Easton Ellis’s Latest, Adapting Ottessa Moshfegh, Sports Novels, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on Bret Easton Ellis’s new novel, notable sports novels, and more.
Morning Bites: Mark de Silva on Writing, Hugo Award Winners, Bookstore Pets, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Mark de Silva, great bookstore pets, and more.
Vol. 1 Brooklyn’s February 2021 Book Preview
According to rodent-based prognostications, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. So if the pandemic wasn’t keeping us inside, the weather just might. It’s never a bad time to get some reading done, but — this might be a better time than usual, is what we’re saying. And so, some book recommendations; heavy on the fiction this month, and heavy on the surreal side of fiction at that. Here are some suggestions for when you head to the bookstore in the coming weeks.