In our afternoon reading: Joshua Chaplinsky on his literary influences, thoughts on Téa Obreht’s fiction, and more.
Weekend Bites: Hanif Abdurraqib, Emo Horror Comics, Téa Obreht, Pharmakon’s Latest, and More
In our weekend reading: an interview with Hanif Abdurraqib, thoughts on Pharmakon’s new album, and more.
Morning Bites: Téa Obreht Interviewed, Kid Millions and Sarah Bernstein, J.G. Ballard On Film, Pizza and Horror, and More
In our morning reading: Ryan Chapman interviewed Téa Obreht, David James Keaton on pizza horror, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Akwaeke Emezi, Jóhann Jóhannsson Remembered, Shudder to Think, and More
In our afternoon reading: an excerpt from Akwaeke Emezi’s novel, Jóhann Jóhannsson remembered, and much more.
Indexing: How much Wodehouse can you take(?), Cannery Row, Lispector, L.A. Review of Books podcast, and much more
A roundup of things consumed by our contributors. Tobias Carroll We’ve got two weeks of reading here. This….might take a while. Though it’s a strange cosmic joke that I made my way through the 850-page novel on the list to follow faster than nearly everything else on it.
Vacation Bites: Henry Miller’s birthday, anthropomorphic dioramas, literary word processing, and more
(We’re taking a little break until the new year, so Morning and Afternoon Bites will be combined into one daily post.) Henry Miller was born on this day in 1891. Umberto Eco’s love of lists. One man’s quest to figure out the literary history of word processing. Short stories by Colm Tóibín and Téa Obreht. Taking a look at the work of Walter Potter, the English taxidermist known for his anthropomorphic dioramas. A book about the band Felt is a thing. This […]
Morning Bites: Law & Order birthday, the fate of the OWS library, Rollins for president, Palestinian literature, and more
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Morning Bites: More Blake Butler, No 3D Lovecraft, new New Directions and More
The Observer has a profile on Blake Butler. Night two of his marathon reading takes place at WORD, tonight. Guillermo Del Toro admitted that his dream project, a $150 million dollar 3D adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness, may never happen. New Directions show off two upcoming books. Sarah Manguso picks Franzen’s Freedom over Teddy Wayne’s Kapitol in the opening round of the Morning News Tournament of Books. The Rumpus talks with Téa Obreht. Sarah Palin […]