In our morning reading: checking in with Laura van den Berg, Blake Butler interviews Sarah Gerard, a new issue of Midnight Breakfast, an interview with Ned Beauman, and more.
In our afternoon reading: James Baldwin gets a street, Jamie Quatro talks with Megan Mayhew Bergman, writers discuss their literary influences, Wendy C. Ortiz is interviewed, and more.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Judee Sill; interviews with Jazmine Hughes, Wendy C. Ortiz, and Dolan Morgan; a Rikki Ducornet playlist; and more.
In our afternoon reading: a look at Don DeLillo’s novel of football, an interview with Edward Hirsch, thoughts on Wendy C. Ortiz’s memoir, new writing from Ronna Wineberg, and more.
Colin Dickey discusses Virginia Woolf; interviews with Mary Timony, Barbara Browning, and Sarah Lipstate; smart writers debate Amazon; Teju Cole-inspired clothing; and more.
Chris Ofili talked with Calvin Tomkins, Nobel Prize odds for writers, an excerpt from Pen & Ink, talking books with David Cronenberg, Brooklyn Book Festival attendees, and more.
Steve Albini on the latest from Shellac, an interview with Wendy C. Ortiz, thoughts on Chris Rock’s new film, Rizzoli Bookstore has a new location, and more.
An interview with Elissa Schappell, Justin Taylor on books with a notable sense of place, writing from Sasha Fletcher, Wendy C. Ortiz, and Melissa Broder, and more.