In our weekend reading: an interview with Claudia Rankine, Sari Botton and Alexander Chee talk New York, an essay from Valeria Luiselli, year-in-music thoughts from Zachary Lipez, and more.
In our morning reading: notes on writing from Kazuo Ishiguro, book recommendations from Jan Morris and Jeff VanderMeer, Edan Wilber on the end of Death by Audio, and more.
This afternoon: revisiting the novels of Barry Gifford, new writing from Kwame Opam, talking with Cheryl Strayed, cyberpunk and contemporary culture, and more.
In our weekend reading: thoughts on new albums by Iceage and Weyes Blood, a guide to lesser-known literary monsters, thoughts on the appeal of weird fiction, William Gibson recommends books, and more.
Checking in with Marlon James, thoughts on Will Oldham’s discography, a review of Martin Amis’s new novel, a new book about Cookie Mueller, and more.
A pair of interviews with Saeed Jones, the trailer for Inherent Vice, new fiction from László Krasznahorkai, notable literary Twitter feeds, 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.
Oh boy. In this episode we hang out with the wonderful and kind Zachary Lipez, who has had words all over the internet in places like Hazlitt, Noisey, the revamped MySpace, The Talkhouse, and many others. Lipez is becoming one of the most well-enjoyed voices out there in the ones and zeros of music writing, and his background as former vocalist in the sadly defunct Freshkills informs that writing. We talk with Zack about how he ended up writing for […]