In our afternoon reading: Leslie Jamison and Catherine Lacey in conversation, a new issue of Storychord, Joseph Riippi on Sarah Manguso, “Geek Love” at 25, and more.
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Renata Adler, Fred Thomas, and Sarah Manguso; a preview of Lauren Groff’s next novel; Rick Perlstein on intellectuals’ ideological shifts; La Luz’s next album; and more.
In our afternoon reading: Chelsea Hodson interviewed Sarah Manguso, new writing is on the way from Nick Cave, Lindsey Zoladz on the new album from Kendrick Lamar, and much more.
The books that we’re most excited for this month are a wildly varied bunch, ranging from work that pushes the boundaries of memoir to a collection of novellas from one of our favorite contemporary authors. Incisive satire, blistering experimental fiction, and journeys into literary history: this March has something for virtually all literary tastes. Read on for some of the highlights of the month to come.
In this week’s column, I look at short books from Sarah Manguso, Matthew Dickman, Forrest Gander, and Simon Jacobs.
Philip Levine give his last lecture as poet laureate. Sarah Manguso talks to The Rumpus. Chloe Caldwell talks to Brad Listi on the Other People podcast. Maura Johnston reviews T.M. Wolf’s Sound. Two new Animal Collective songs. Hillary isn’t running in 2016. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Philip Roth was born on this day in 1933. Sarah Manguso talks to Brad Listi at the Other People podcast. Philip Lopate reviews the collection of John Leonard’s essays, Reading For My Life: Writings, 1958-2008, for the New York Times. Emma Straub goes to the Museum of Natural History for Rookie. At Harpers, Scott Horton asks Masha Gessen six questions. Gessen’s The Man Without a Face is reviewed in this week’s New Yorker . What President Obama’s NCAA brackets say […]
Posted by Jason Diamond Say hello to the trailer for Sarah Manguso’s The Guardians (Farrar, Straus and Giroux ). Please become familiar with it, as you will probably be seeing it talked about a lot in the coming weeks, and then again at the end of 2012 when people put it at the top of their best of lists.