In our weekend reading: thoughts on Grady Hendrix’s new book, new music from Anna Meredith, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Charles Yu, WORD, Brian Wood, and more
The generally kickass witer Charles Yu made a recent appearance on the Bat Segundo Show. Greenpoint’s excellent WORD is holding a holiday open house this weekend. And if you’d like them to handsell you some books… Also in news of northern Brooklyn bookstores we love: Jon Reiss profiles the fine people of Book Thug Nation. Brian Wood on his experiences with the digital world as a comics creator. (If you’ve read and enjoyed The Dewey Decimal System or Zone One […]
Afternoon Bites: Elissa Schappell, Todd Grimson, Emma Straub, and more
“We overlap more than we know with others; we share landscapes and sometimes friends, without knowing it. I like that idea.” Elissa Schappell, author of Blueprints for Building Better Girls and co-founder of Tim House, is interviewed by Jami Attenberg at eMusic. Hey, it’s the National Book Award finalists. We have some reading to do. “…Brand New Cherry Flavor was my favorite. It’s the novel that, out of anything I’ve ever read, most closely mirrors the rhythm and logic of nightmares.” Nick Antosca on the […]