“I wanted to build a voice that was beholden to French literature, and particularly to its avant-garde wing, which had such a huge impact on my writing from the outset, but was kind of polluted with my own voice, which is very American, I think, and specifically Los Angeles-centric in its flatness and in its attempt to induce some kind of poetic trance within its limitations.” At Huffington Post, Brian Joseph Davis chats with Dennis Cooper. “[P]ointlessly smart, Waugh-ly arch, […]
Afternoon Bites: Amelia Gray, Sara Levine, Paula Bomer, and more
“[T]his highly original, farcical novel will keep you entertained in spite of (or more accurately, because of) its toxic narrator” At Library Journal, Lauren Gilbert on Sara Levine’s upcoming novel Treasure Island!!! (on Europa Editions.) Vice has an excerpt up from Amelia Gray’s forthcoming novel Threats. At Big Other, Paula Bomer chats with Edward Mullany. Philip Gourevitch has one of the most succinct summations of the week’s events regarding Occupy Wall Street at The New Yorker. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn […]