In our morning reading: a review of Ho Sok Fong’s collection, Helena Fitzgerald on Fiona Apple’s music, and more.
Weekend Bites: Ben Marcus Fiction, Mary Halvorson, Lee Rourke Nonfiction, Pat Barker’s Latest, and More
In our weekend reading: new writing by Ben Marcus and Lee Rourke, thoughts on the music of Mary Halvorson, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Jesmyn Ward’s Latest, Annie DeWitt Fiction, Hilton Als, Literary Body Horror, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on books by Jesmyn Ward and Carmen Maria Machado, where punk and television converge, and more.
Morning Bites: Sofia Samatar, The Scofield Returns, Álvaro Enrigue Interviewed, Maggie Nelson, and More
In our morning reading: conversations with Sofia Samatar, Maggie Nelson, and Álvaro Enrigue; the latest issue of The Scofield; and more.
Afternoon Bites: Megan Mayhew Bergman Interviewed, New Sleater-Kinney, Writers’ Bad Jobs, Sasha Frere-Jones, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Megan Mayhew Bergman, the new album from Sleater-Kinney, writers on bad jobs they’ve had, Sasha Frere-Jones’s new gig, and more.
Morning Bites: Mosh Pit Art, Sean H. Doyle, Kyle Minor Interviewed, Jon Langford’s Latest, and More
In this morning’s reading: interviews with Kyle Minor and Sean H. Doyle, thoughts on John Cage and recorded music, mosh pit-inspired art, and much more.
Weekend Bites: SFJ on Yauch, Preppy Animals Crackers, NPR on a Fug, Bushwick Daily, and More
Sasha Frere-Jones on Adam Yauch at The New Yorker. NPR on the life of Ed Sanders. At Slate: Jay McInerney and his wine. Matthew Friedberger (Fiery Furnaces) talks to Dylan Hicks at Largehearted Boy. Katarina Hybenova talks to L Magazine about Bushwick Daily. The real story behing Cinco de Mayo. Lilly Pulitzer designed boxes of Animals crackers. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.
Morning Bites: New Orleans Krew, What Sasha Frere-Jones Reads, Cohen’s Pushcart, and More
Adam Chandler at The Atlantic on the “amorphous, leaderless collection of New Orleans artists, activists, and anarchists,” Krewe of Eris. Wishing that President Obama truly was one of those European socialists that Republicans claim he is at The New Republic. Months after the release of Pulphead, we still love reading interviews with John Jeremiah Sullivan. Joshua Cohen won a Pushcart Prize. Big mazels. So you were wondering what Sasha Frere-Jones likes to read… Largehearted Boy gets Seth Greenland’s Book Notes for The Angry Buddhist. […]