In our morning reading: thoughts on a novel by Sven Holm, indie press winter reading, and more.
Morning Bites: Jazmina Barrera’s Latest, Lexi Kent-Monning’s Playlist, Kate Briggs’s Fiction, and More
In our morning reading, thoughts on Jazmina Barrera’s new book, a playlist from Lexi Kent-Monning, and more.
Morning Bites: Witold Gombrowicz Gets Gothic, Olivia Laing and M. John Harrison Conversed, Keith Rosson Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on a Witold Gombrowicz novel, Olivia Laing and M. John Harrison talk shop, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Karin Tidbeck Interviewed, Ha Seong-Nan, Revisiting Witold Gombrowicz, Li Juan, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Karin Tidbeck, an excerpt from Li Juan’s new book, and more.
#tobyreads: Getting Inside Heads; Talking Literary Theories and the Beautiful Game
It seems paradoxical to write about Witold Gombrowicz’s Diary here. At well over seven hundred pages, spanning multiple decades and the writing of several major literary works of the 20th century, and encompassing correspondence, provocation, essays on aesthetics, and thoughts on Polish literature and the role of the expatriate artist, there’d still be uncovered space if we dedicated a week of Vol.1 to musings on it. Still: having sat down with it, I feel compelled to recommend it; Gombrowicz was a […]
Indexing: Elif Batuman, Sara Levine, Don Quixote, James Wood, Matthew Henriksen, Gaslight Anthem, and a Brief Weather Report!
A roundup of things consumed by our editors. Jason Diamond Right now the pile of books on my desk includes The Common issue no. 2, Divorcer by Gary Lutz, and Matthew Henriksen’s Ordinary Sun. They’re all slimmer in size, so I’m hoping to finish them all this week (Lutz’s especially so Toby I and I can discuss it), and also start putting together my vacation reading list. My yearly time off is coming up, and the stress trying to pick a handful of […]