In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Juliet Grames’s new novel, the National Book Award finalists, and more.
The Genesis of “Afro-Centered Futurisms”
Afro-Centered Futurisms: A vibrant and approachable book by award-winning authors of black speculative fiction
an essay by Eugen Bacon
It started with a read: Literary Afrofuturism in the Twenty-First Century by Isiah Lavender III and Lisa Yaszek (eds), published by Ohio State University Press. I put down this book and contemplated it.
Morning Bites: Nathan Knapp Interviewed, Big Other Book Awards, Zito Madu Nonfiction, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Nathan Knapp, new nonfiction from Zito Madu and Scaachi Koul, and more.
Sunday Stories: “Catharsis”
Catharsis
by Daniel Seifert
“That hurts,” whined the old man as she brushed his thick white hair.
She sighed and stroked it through the wisps even more gently.
Still he complained. “Too hard. Too loud. Too fast.”
Weekend Bites: Jeff VanderMeer’s Recommendations, Adapting Colson Whitehead, Jacob Wren’s Latest, and More
In our weekend reading: book recommendations from Jeff VanderMeer and Alex DiFrancesco, thoughts on an archival recording from Broadcast, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Dan Kois’s Playlist, Remembering Fredric Jameson, Kim Liao’s Recommendations, and More
In our afternoon reading: a playlist from Dan Kois, book recommendations from Kim Liao, and more.
VCO: Chapter 37
Chapter 37
Hans wasn’t the same after the funeral. He’d died too in some deep hidden place.
The past week I was gaining so much instruction on our walks but every morning he looked a little paler, a little weaker.
Hans drank wine every night and didn’t touch his food.
Morning Bites: Tara Isabella Burton on Books, Revisiting “The Disposessed,” Julian Cope Reissued, and More
In our morning reading: new writing by Tara Isabella Burton, a fundraiser for Flaming Hydra, and more.