In our afternoon reading: talking food with Nico Walker, talking translation with Ross Benjamin, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Sanjena Sathian Interviewed, “Home Sick Pilots,” Ta-Nehisi Coates on Comics, Sam Riviere, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Sanjena Sathian and Ta-Nehisi Coates, thoughts on Sam Riviere’s new novel, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Ta-Nehisi Coates Interviewed, Harry Dodge, Wayétu Moore Nonfiction, Genevieve Hudson, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Ta-Nehisi Coates and Harry Dodge, an excerpt from Wayétu Moore’s memoir, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Gabino Iglesias, PEN/Faulkner Award, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Elizabeth Kadetsky Interviewed, and More
In our afternoon reading: writing from Gabino Iglesias and Ta-Nehisi Coates, an interview with Elizabeth Kadetsky, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Javier Marías, Ta-Nehisi Coates Interviewed, Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, The Second Shelf, and More
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Javier Marías’s new novel, an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Maryse Condé, Valeria Luiselli Interviewed, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Readman’s Playlist, and More
In our afternoon reading: new writing from Maryse Condé, an interview with Valeria Luiselli, and much more.
The New Old Noise: A Review, of Sorts, of “The Other Night At Quinn’s,” by Mike Faloon
Say we’re in Ithaca, New York. Or in a bookstore basement in Cleveland, folding metal chairs arranged in a loose semi-circle around an institutional podium. Or even a Chicago Sunday matinee, chairs this time arranged in gunmetal rows. The trappings remain the same. So does the reception, the usual reliable in each town, former zine contributors, people in bands, friends from school. The odd reader who found one of our books and came out.
Morning Bites: Denis Johnson, Eugene Lim on Experimental Fiction, Stacey Tran Poetry, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and More
In our morning reading: a 2002 interview with Denis Johnson, new writing by Eugene Lim and Ta-Nehisi Coates, and more.