Daphne Carr looks at New York’s reaction to the death of Vaclav Havel. Edward Champion on the early fiction of Sarah Hall. Elisabeth Donnelly on the Canadian coming-of-age film New Waterford Girl. Douglas Wolk selects his favorites from the writing he did in 2011. Which includes thoughts on The Smiths, Britney Spears, and Judge Dredd. Gabrielle Gantz reviews Julie Doucet’s My New York Diary. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, and our Tumblr. Got tips for Bites? Info@Vol1brooklyn.com
Morning Bites: Václav Havel and the Velvet Underground, OWS Party, best historical fiction, shoegaze archives, and more
“How the Velvet Underground and Václav Havel built a blueprint for toppling totalitarians and other censors.” – Matt Welch & Nick Gillespie at Reason.com David Remnick put together a Václav Havel reading list. Daniel Pinchbeck, Lenny Kravitz’s daughter, and a Gossip Girl star throw a posh Occupy Wall Street party. The best historical fiction of 2011 from NPR Books. The Chicago Tribune picks its favorite Windy City works from 2011. Captured Tracks has a new Shoegaze Archives series they’re working on. […]