In our morning reading: a conversation with Emily St. John Mandel, a report from NJ’s indie bookstores, and more.
Morning Bites: Emily St. John Mandel on Writing, NJ’s Indie Bookstores, Eleni Sikelianos’s Playlist, and More
Weekend Bites: Cat Fitzpatrick on Writing, Soccer Stories, Revisiting Brian Evenson, and More
In our weekend reading: an interview with Cat Fitzpatrick, writings about soccer, and more.
Sunday Stories is taking a break this week; normal posting will resume on Monday.
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting Barbara Pym, Susanna Felts’s Novel, Scott Adlerberg on Norman Mailer, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on novels by Barbara Pym and Susannah Felts, revisiting Norman Mailer, and more.
LySandra Vuong on Bookmarking a New Volume of “Covenant”
In recent years, LySandra Vuong‘s fantasy series Covenant has found a dedicated audience with its take on fantasy adventures, musings on religion, and romance. A crowdfunding/preorder campaign for the sixth volume is now on Kickstarter; among the incentives is an enamel bookmark, which we have a preview of below.
Saving the One You Couldn’t Save: On “Surviving Derrida: A Politics of Friendship with Avital Ronell in Six Parts”
In recollections of her friendship with Kathy Acker, Avital Ronell writes, “Derrida locates in surviving the origin and essence of friendship. Not empirically or chronologically clocked but fundamental, the structure of surviving means that one of you will be left behind, responsible and responsive to the intemporal, irretrievably mute other.”
Morning Bites: Edith Wharton on Screen, Colette Shade on Writing, Steve Aylett Interviewed, and More
In our morning reading: looking back at “The Age of Innocence” on film, interviews with Colette Shade and Steve Aylett, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Deb Olin Unferth’s Latest, Big Other Award Winners, David Keenan’s Tour Diary, and More
In our afternoon reading: reviews of novels by Deb Olin Unferth and Allie Rowbottom, a literary tour diary, and more.
Announcing the Cover of Matthew Wong Foreman’s “Sunset at Lion Rock”
We’re pleased to debut the cover art for Matthew Wong Foreman’s forthcoming novel Sunset at Lion Rock, set to be published by 7.13 Books on September 15, 2026. The novel, set in Hong Kong in the early 21st century, follows a young man experiencing a dramatic change in his beliefs about religion and politics. The author explained the significance of the cover: