In our afternoon reading: scenes from Ryan W. Bradley’s library, Leslie Jamison and Charles D’Ambrosio in conversation, notes on Gun Outfit, and more.
Afternoon Bites: New Zadie Smith Fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michaelangelo Matos Interviewed, John Freeman on Tomas Tranströmer, and More
In our afternoon reading: new fiction from Zadie Smith; interviews with Terese Svodoba, Chuck Palahniuk, and Tomas Tranströmer; news of a new Yo La Tengo album; and more.
Casual Deities and Upturned History: Talking “Tin God” With Terese Svoboda
Terese Svoboda’s writing rarely goes where you’d expect. Her memoir Black Glasses Like Clark Kent exposes a family secret and reveals ambiguous wartime horrors; the novel Pirate Talk or Mermalade seems to be a straightforward seafaring yarn (albeit one told entirely in dialogue), but gradually becomes more surreal, the relationships at its center shifting and evolving. Her newly reissued novel Tin God juxtaposes two narratives: a grimly comic crime story set in the prairie and an account of a conquistador centuries earlier. Bringing […]
Morning Bites: Terese Svoboda Excerpted, Marisa Silver Interviewed, Jonathan Lethem, Mikal Cronin’s Latest, and More
The Nervous Breakdown has an excerpt up from Terese Svoboda’s new novel Tin God. Jonathan Lethem chatted with The Book Bench. Apparently, J.J. Abrams is a fan of Stephen King’s 11/22/63. (We can relate.) Edan Lepucki talked with Marisa Silver about her Depression-era novel Mary Coin. Mikal Cronin’s latest album is, we hear, terrific. Three words: Beastie Boys memoir. Owen Egerton, interviewed in excerpts at The Collagist. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.
Morning Bites: Defending NYPL, Bohemian Girl, Susan Sontag, Playground Ball, Etgar Keret, and More
Defending the New York Public Library at NYRB. Our own Tobias Carroll on Terese Svoboda’s Bohemian Girl at Los Angels Review of Books. Guy Cunningham at Bookslut on Susan Sontag. Etgar Keret talks to Brad Listi at the Other People podcast. There’s a collection of 1980s Taliban poetry that’s got some people upset. The 1966 New York Times article on hip advertising agencies that Pete Campbell from Mad Men hated so much. When Wilt met Elgin on the playground. Follow […]
Afternoon Bites: Daniel Woodrell, Terese Svoboda, Nick Harkaway, and more
At Full Stop, Alli Carlisle looks at Daniel Woodrell’s collection The Outlaw Album. At Joyland, new fiction from Terese Svoboda. Here’s a recap of the discussion of Ellen Willis’s No More Nice Girls held at WORD this past weekend. Nick Harkaway on Iain Banks, Doctor Who, and more.