In our afternoon reading: Lynda Barry on and in comics, craft essays by Matthew Salesses and Stephen Graham Jones, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Alice Coltrane, Rion Amilcar Scott Fiction, Mary Timony on DC’s Best Bands, Stephen Graham Jones, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on the music of Alice Coltrane, new writing from Rion Amilcar Scott and Stephen Graham Jones, and more.
Morning Bites: Ben Lerner on John Berger, Phillip B. Williams Poetry, Stephen Graham Jones’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: the legacy of John Berger, new writing from Phillip B. Williams and Meredith Alling, and more.
Stephen Graham Jones Revives the Werewolf Novel: A Review of “Mongrels”
To say a novel is one of the best in its genre and the absolute best in its subgenre is high praise. However, to say that a novel adds so much to the canon of its genre and subgenre that it becomes that statistical impossibility known as an instant classic is something a reviewer, at least an honest, lucky one, probably gets to write only a handful of times in his or her career. In the case of Stephen Graham […]
Afternoon Bites: Margaret Wappler, Stephen Graham Jones Interviewed, Inside Trans-Pecos, Ted Chiang, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Margaret Wappler’s new novel, interviews with Ted Chiang and Stephen Graham Jones, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Betty Davis, Adam Gnade Interviewed, Mark de Silva, Allison Amend’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: a new reissue from Betty Davis, interviews with Adam Gnade and Mark de Silva, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Olivia Laing Nonfiction, Wendy C. Ortiz Poetry, Stephen Graham Jones, and More
In our afternoon reading: new writing from Olivia Laing and Wendy C. Ortiz, interviews with Ben Watt and Stephen Graham Jones, and more.
Morning Bites: Evie Wyld Interviewed, Nikesh Shukla, Rufi Thorpe, Geoff Dyer on Literary Inspiration, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Rufi Thorpe and Evie Wyld, Hilton Als on Beyoncé, and much more.