In our afternoon reading: news of a new Harper Lee novel emerges, an interview with Laura van den Berg, a look at We Need Diverse Books, Atticus Lish on WNYC, when media on the internet vanishes, and more.
Five poems by Saeed Jones, talking with Ben Lerner, Kevin Sampsell breaks down the economy of writing, Whit Stillman talks Hitchcock, the current state of book tours, ten NYC writers you should be reading, and more.
Posting will resume on Tuesday.
Last Thursday night I saw something rare and rich: movie stars not only living up to who you want them to be in person, but behaving the way they do in their best films. Whit Stillman and Chris Eigeman share a rapport that is not only delightful, but feels true to the words that Stillman has been writing for Eigeman’s roles in his movies for over twenty years. As the two bantered back and forth with a kind of artful, […]
The “Bad Girls Throughout History” zine looks like it is worth a couple of your dollars. McSweeney’s has a Wisconsin Union Passover Seder Guide. At The Morning News: An essay about moving back to a city you didn’t like growing up in. Joss Whedon talks about The Cabin in the Woods and Buffy’s abortion. We like it when Sam Shepard acts. Whit Stillman talks to A Continuos Lean. And in case you care to know what Stillman is reading, he talked to […]
No women nominees in any major categories at the National Magazine Awards? That’s pretty fucked up. Ryan Gosling is doing more for lady journalists than the National Magazine Awards are. Ruth Franklin on why the literary landscape continues to disadvantage over women. Book Riot takes a look at the libraries of rich people. Poetry Out Loud is coming to Issue Project Room. In case you’re curious what Poetry Out Loud is, we wrote about it a few months back. Courtney […]
John Lopez chats with Whit Stillman at Grantland. New fiction from Karolina Waclawiak: up now at Two Serious Ladies. The Daily News on the Buffalo Small Press Book Fair. David Byrne has a new sound installation up in London. Spencer Ackerman is a fan of Sleigh Bells. If you’d like to see a Vol.1 editor with a pen in his beard, The Outlet has you covered. Ariana Reines will be performing at the Swiss Institute on Saturday. Sharknife, one […]
I love Wes Anderson as much as the next person whose college years took place during or right around 9/11, but that didn’t stop me from getting drunk one night and spouting off a bunch of crap about how Whit Stillman is Wes Anderson — for adults! Whether this is true or not I will leave up to you, but Stillman’s trilogy of films dedicated to the “Urban Haute Bourgeoisie” rank among my favorites, and I am willing to bet that Damsels in Distress, […]