Let’s say you’re looking to donate some money to a good cause–Libraries Without Borders, for instance. They’re involved with setting up portable libraries for immigrant populations in Europe, among other projects, and are working “to address the structural causes of economic and human under-development.” They’ve teamed with Riverhead Books to offer an incentive to donate in the next few weeks: if you make a donation of over $250 in the month of June, you’ll receive a 3-D printed model of […]
Emilyn Brodsky Reacts to Dolan Morgan’s “Insignificana”
Dolan Morgan’s new story collection Insignificana includes 22 illustrations by the author. To celebrate the release of the book, Morgan asked three of his favorite writers to create responses to the images. Poet Allyson Paty, fiction writer Jessica Lee Richardson, and musician Emilyn Brodsky each received three illustrations and free reign to do whatever they want. Below, find the third set of illustrations and Brodsky’s reply.
Nicholas Rombes’s Film “The Removals” Debuts Next Month
In 2014, Nicholas Rombes‘s novel of secret film history, The Absolution of Roberto Acestes Laing, was released by Two Dollar Radio. This year brings with it Rombes’s first film as writer and director, The Removals, also released through Two Dollar Radio’s cinematic arm. The film will have its premiere screening in Columbus, Ohio at the Wexner Center for the Arts on May 4th. The trailer promises plenty of ominous dialogue, mysterious buildings, and shadowy disappearances–all promising ingredients for a paranoid […]
Jessica Lee Richardson Reacts to Dolan Morgan’s “Insignificana”
Dolan Morgan’s new story collection Insignificana includes 22 illustrations by the author. To celebrate the release of the book, Morgan asked three of his favorite writers to create responses to the images. Poet Allyson Paty, fiction writer Jessica Lee Richardson, and musician Emilyn Brodsky each received three illustrations and free reign to do whatever they want. Below, find the second set of illustrations and Richardson’s reply.
Premiere: Bob Odenkirk Reads His Introduction For “Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died”
In 1979, the Chicago White Sox held Disco Demolition Night–a doubleheader in which, during the break between the two games, a pile of disco records was blown up by radio personality Steve Dahl. Chaos ensued, and the event has entered cultural history in a host of places, existing as a touchstone for observers of unlikely baseball promotions and musical historians. Along with Dahl, Dave Hoekstra has assembled a collection of interviews about the event, Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died, […]
We Will Happily Read Ursula K. Le Guin’s Recent Nonfiction
Ursula K. Le Guin’s name is one that has loomed large in American fiction for the last few decades. Her work in science fiction and speculative fiction has investigated bold and essential questions surrounding things that we take for granted, while her Earthsea books memorably display a different side of her storytelling abilities. Le Guin has also written an abundance of nonfiction, and a book due out from Small Beer Press in October, Words Are My Matter, collects fifteen years’ […]
Microscopic Life and Strange Architecture in the Trailer for Dolan Morgan’s “Insignificana”
Dolan Morgan’s second collection, Insignificana, is due out on March 11th from Civil Coping Mechanisms. We’re pleased to be debuting the trailer here today, which featured a collage of surreal images, along with ridiculously catchy music, courtesy of Will Aronson. You can watch the whole thing on Vimeo, or do so below. The collection’s release party will take place on March 18th at WORD Brooklyn.
Michelle Cruz Gonzales’s Memoir “The Spitboy Rule” Has a Trailer
Things we like: punk memoirs, the fantastic 90s hardcore band Spitboy, and book trailers. We were happy to hear that Michelle Cruz Gonzales of Spitboy was working on a memoir when we read Jes Skolnik’s interview with her last year. That memoir, The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band, is due out later this year, and a trailer for it has just been published.