In our weekend reading: Alexander Chee interviewed Michaelangelo Signorile, Brandon Hobson interviewed Chelsea Hodson, Superiority Burger opens, and much more.
The writings of Sofia Samatar occupy a fascinating literary space; there are few writers who are equally at home writing a detailed novel set in a fantasy world and delving into precise analysis of experimental fiction. Samatar’s novel A Stranger In Olondria evokes a world that is not our own with precise, lived-in details, all the while telling a compelling, mysterious, sometimes dreamlike story. (She’ll also have a story released in a chapbook through Guillotine later this year.) But her […]
In our afternoon reading: nonfiction from Sam Lipsyte and Jim Ruland, an interview with Jac Jemc, a guide to why you should be reading Sofia Samatar, and more.
In our morning reading: new music from saxophonist Kamasi Washington, essential new writing from Ta-Nehisi Coates, interviews with Jarboe and Karl Ove Knausgaard, new writing from Jacob Wren, and more.
In this afternoon’s reading: a host of excellent writers discuss the work of Bhanu Kapil, new writing from Laura van den Berg and Wendy C. Ortiz, an interview with Elisa Albert, and more.
New music from Mount Eerie, a look at what fiction can learn from comedy, new writing from Karl Ove Knausgaard and Meredith Graves, notes on Sarah Gerard’s new novel, and more.
In our morning reading: new writing from Sofia Samatar, an editorial look at Claudia Rankine’s Citizen, Allen Ginsberg talks LSD, Lindsay Zoladz on Sleater-Kinney, and more.
In our afternoon reading: new fiction from Kelly Link and Amber Sparks; Scott Cheshire on his year in reading; notes on writing from Emily St. John Mandel; Sofia Samatar on The Empathy Exams; and more.