In our afternoon reading: notes on John Coltrane, new writing from Sarah Gerard, interviews with Sandra Cisneros and Anakana Schofield, and more.
Morning Bites: Sarah Gerard, A C.K. Williams Tribute, NY Art Book Fair Recap, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Sarah Gerard, literary treasure hunts, writing from Heidi Julavits and Luke B. Goebel, and more.
The Best Debut Novels of 2015 So Far
So far, 2015 has offered more than its share of excellent debut novels. Some of these were the first works we’d heard of from the authors in questions; in other cases, we found ourselves looking at works that fulfilled the promise of the fantastic short fiction that preceded it. Whether on presses large or small, these are some of the debut novels that have caught our attention so far this year.
Morning Bites: Laraaji Reissued, “Metropolitan” Revisited, Suburban Fiction, Airport Bookstores, and More
In our morning reading: revisiting the music of Laraaji and Whit Stillman’s films, a look at recent novels set in the suburbs, Sarah Gerard on Salvador Dalí, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Sarah Gerard, Twin Peaks Festival, Fred Moten Interviewed, Neil Gaiman on “Miracleman,” and More
In our afternoon reading: a pair of interviews with Sarah Gerard, revisiting comics history with Neil Gaiman, revisiting parallel universes with El-P, and more.
Morning Bites: Clarice Lispector Fiction, New Titus Andronicus, Sarah Gerard on Jesse Ball’s Latest, David Cross Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: fiction from Clarice Lispector, Sarah Gerard on Jesse Ball’s new novel, a look at the new album from Titus Andronicus, comics and diversity, and more.
The Zinophile: Histories Candid, Surreal, and Unsettling
The latest installment in Sarah McCarry’s generally essential chapbook series Guillotine comes from Sarah Gerard. The title here is BFF, and the focus is on a now-estranged friendship between Gerard and an unnamed friend of hers. As with all of Gerard’s work, the prose is immediate, intimate, and harrowing–closer to the rapid-fire narration of her novel Binary Star than her earlier chapbook Things I Told My Mother. It’s written as a direct address to the friend in question, but it […]
Morning Bites: Ottessa Moshfegh, Stephen King’s Corgi, Mairead Case Nonfiction, Terry Riley Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: Sarah Gerard interviewed Ottessa Moshfegh, Geeta Dayal interviewed Terry Riley, new writing from Mairead Case and Eleanor Kriseman, and more.