In our morning reading: fiction by Can Xue, an interview with Rob Sheffield, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Yasmin Williams’s New Album, Corey Farrenkopf Fiction, Jo Walton’s Recommendations, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Yasmin Williams’s new album, book recommendations from Jo Walton, and more.
Books of the Month: November 2024
This is going up in the wake of the election, s0 — we’ll be quick with this introduction. Maybe you’d like to read something. Maybe it’s galavanizing, maybe it’s inspiring, maybe it’s escapist. Here are 10 books due out this month that might fit that bill.
Morning Bites: Books and Politics, Revisiting Grant Morrison, Kay Chronister’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: what the next administration could mean for books, revisiting Grant Morrison’s comics work, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Charlie Jane Anders’s Writing Advice, Robert Kloss Interviewed, M. John Harrison’s Memoir, and More
In our afternoon reading: writing advice from Charlie Jane Anders, an interview with Robert Kloss, and more. Hope everyone’s voting this Election Day.
Morning Bites: Interviewing Anne de Marcken, Rob Hart and Alex Segura on Collaboration, NYRB Classics at 25, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Anne de Marcken, the making of a fundraiser album, and more.
Sunday Stories: “Girl Scout”
Girl Scout
by Elise Jeanmaire
Evie matched with Brad. His face was skinny, softly bearded, and kind. There was no brooding, flexing, signs of a fraught relationship with masculinity. Brad’s hair was perfectly coiffed, like a soft wave, poised to deliver a surfer back to the beach safely. In every photo, no matter what, his hair remained perfectly shaped. On top of a mountain, coiffed. Playing frisbee with his friends, coiffed. Attending a work conference, coiffed. At the barbershop, dazzlingly coiffed. What kind of miracle hair product was he using? Evie needed answers! The last picture she scanned was of Brad on a beach with his shirt off. His body was solid and hairless, which was nice because she wasn’t sure if she was ready to handle body hair. She wasn’t even sure she was ready for a man.
Afternoon Bites: Manuela Draeger Fiction, The Cure’s Latest, David Small on Adaptation, and More
In our afternoon reading: fiction by Manuela Draeger, a playlist from Nick Harkaway, and more.