In our afternoon reading: new writing from Samantha Irby, interviews with Leland Cheuk and Beth Ditto, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Samantha Irby, Slowdive’s Return, Rakesh Satyal’s Playlist, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Samantha Irby, a playlist from Rakesh Satyal, and much more.
Vol.1 Brooklyn’s May 2017 Book Preview
And here we are, on the first of May in the year 2017. What books does May bring with it? Well, let’s see. There are incisive essay collections by the likes of Scaachi Koul and Samantha Irby; there are challenging works in translation by João Gilberto Noll and Rodrigo Fresán, and there’s a new edition of a genre-defying novel by Kirsten Bakis, for starters. Here’s a look at some of the May books that have piqued our interest.
Morning Bites: Sarah Gerard, Scott McClanahan’s Latest, Olivia Sudjic and NYC, and More
In our morning reading: recommendations from Sarah Gerard, thoughts on Scott McClanahan’s new book, and more.
Morning Bites: Vladimir Sorokin on Russia and Ukraine, Wendy C. Ortiz, Samantha Irby Interviewed, Revisiting “Paul’s Boutique,” and More
The history of Paul’s Boutique, Vladimir Sorokin on the current situation in Ukraine, a pair of interviews with Samantha Irby, Wendy C. Ortiz’s memoir, and more.
A Year of Favorites: Sari Botton
The Best Books I Read in 2013 My fellow passengers on a flight to LA last month must have thought I was insane. Reading Meaty, Samantha Irby’s TMI-filled collection of essays (a recent Emily Books selection), I found myself one minute crying over a young Irby being smacked by her alcoholic dad because she’d washed a cast iron pan with soap; the next I was laughing out loud at her mediations on the indignities of sex between real, flawed humans […]