We’re pleased to be debuting new music from Michael Zapruder. “New Quarantine” is the new single from Zapruder’s new album Latecomers. You may also know him via his earlier project Pink Thunder, which found him adapting 20 poems by a host of writers into critically acclaimed songs. I spoke with Zapruder about the song’s origins, its unexpected resonance in 2020, and the long process of making Latecomers.
In our morning reading: interviews with Morgan Jerkins and Scott Snyder, thoughts on Sarah Davachi’s new album, and more.
In our afternoon reading: revisiting the works of Hervé Guibert, new writing from Matthew Salesses, and more.
Though I’m not typically one to write reviews for works of poetry, I was happy to take on {#289-128} by Randall Gavin Horton — a collection of poems that examines mass incarceration in the United States.
Horton divides his book into three sections: Property of the State, Poet-in Residence, and Poet New York. Each section follows the trajectory of the speaker ([#289-128]) from when he is turned over to the state to when he manages to reclaim his identity after his time is served, illustrating the ways in which a prisoner remains imprisoned beyond their time on the inside.
In our morning reading: thoughts on novels by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Quan Barry, an interview with Alex Ross, and more.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on the music of Jon Hassell, revisiting the fiction of Nathalie Léger, and more.
In our morning reading: talking fiction with Maryse Meijer, thoughts on Susanna Clarke’s new novel, and more.
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on the fiction of Kelli Jo Ford, an interview with Laura van den Berg, and more.