In our afternoon reading: notes on the stories of Kelly Link and the novels of Jo Walton, Ann Powers on transgression and pop music, Carl Wilson on Drake and Canada, the new issue of Guernica, and more.
It should go without saying that we’re very excited about Sean H. Doyle’s This Must Be The Place, which will be out on Civil Coping Mechanisms in May. Its cover abounds with delirious, sun-drenched color: it would almost be blissful, until you notice the skulls in the background. Ominous? Most definitely.
We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be hosting Halle Butler this March at Unnameable Books. Her debut novel Jillian is one of our favorites of the year to date. Cari Luna has called it “a wry, smart portrait of two women set on separate courses of self-destruction.” Here’s one interview where Butler discusses the novel. For this event, Butler will be joined by a quartet of acclaimed writers; reading will be: Halle Butler Susan Hope Lanier Mike Lopez Sean H. Doyle Robb Todd
List/Award Culture is such a strange thing. We’re all sitting around waiting to hear our names called and we’re all putting our blood and sweat into what we do. This is not a list as much as a celebration of people/things that I enjoyed by people I know or wish I knew. As far as I am concerned, anyone who can keep their ass in the chair long enough to create a thing and then put that thing out in […]
Checking in with Flying Lotus, Lars Iyer, and Justin K. Broadrick; thoughts on new books from Kerry Howley, Claudia Rankine, and Jim Ruland; an excerpt from Sean H. Doyle’s forthcoming book, and more.
Thoughts on the Mitford sisters, Drew Daniel against favorite-album lists, interviews with Cameron Esposito, Hamish Kilgour, and Sean H. Doyle, and more.
This September, we’ll be teaming with acclaimed Chicago publisher Curbside Splendor for a pair of events–one in Manhattan, and one in Brooklyn. They’ll feature some of our favorite writers, including Megan Stielstra, Dmitry Samarov, Sarah Gerard, and D. Foy. On Tuesday, September 16, at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Jason Diamond D. Foy Dmitry Samarov Megan Stielstra Erika Wurth Housing Works Bookstore Cafe is located at 126 Crosby Street in Manhattan. This event will begin at 7:00 pm. Facebook RSVP here. On Thursday, September 18th, at […]
In Episode 10, we hang/rap/laugh/explore with poet/publisher/all-around good dude Mike Young. Mike runs Magic Helicopter Press and has been an integral part of moving indie publishing/writing from ones and zeros into paper and hands. Mike was in town for a thing and we were so stoked he came and spent an afternoon with us at Mellow Pages. Mike even took a request from Eric and sings us all a song. Mike’s newest book, Sprezzatura, is on the cusp of release from Publishing Genius.