In our Thursday morning reading: Paula Bomer on PJ Harvey, changes afoot at the New York Times Magazine, mapping narratives, checking in with Kelly Link, and more.
In our morning reading: interviews with Teju Cole and Stephen Graham Jones, notes on Michael DeForge’s new comic, a new Philip Roth adaptation is reviewed, Jenn Pelly on Sleater-Kinney’s latest, and more.
In our morning reading: Teju Cole on the film Three Colors: Red, an interview with Chris Kraus, the best of Cheryl Strayed’s “Dear Sugar” columns, and more.
In our morning reading: Teju Cole and Elif Batuman on their favorite books of the year, a look at a new collection of music from Destroy All Monsters, notes on a new translation of Anna Karenina, and more.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Jane Austen, Teju Cole on torture, Scott Cheshire on the devil, an interview with James Ellroy, new writing from Jazmine Hughes, and more.
I felt the need to go back and revisit some of the books on this list I’ve been compiling since January 1st to see how these titles stood up since I spent the first six months of 2014 reading for work, and the second-half mostly for pleasure. What I came away with was the realization that I couldn’t think of another year where new literature brought me so much joy as much as 2014 did. Sure, I was reading a lot […]
Colin Dickey discusses Virginia Woolf; interviews with Mary Timony, Barbara Browning, and Sarah Lipstate; smart writers debate Amazon; Teju Cole-inspired clothing; and more.
Interviews with Leigh Stein and Teju Cole, news of a new Sleater-Kinney album, Neil Gaiman on Mary Shelley, and much more in this morning’s reading.