In our morning reading: an interview with Kelly Moran, great book covers, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Interviewing Teddy Wayne, Arooj Aftab on Music, Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Teddy Wayne, Edan Lepucki on writing, and more.
Notes on Lenguas Largas’s “Is This Still Laughing Hyenas”?
It’s so cold when I get home from work, twelve degrees according to my car’s thermometer, and windy. The snow crunches underfoot as I walk to the front door. The kitchen is chilly too, but I’m distracted, wondering if this would be a good time to call the bank and try to recover $250 that disappeared from my checking account. I put on a sweatshirt over my work shirt and realize I’m wearing my winter hat.
Morning Bites: Interviewing Emily Wells, Eddie Ahn’s Recommendations, Sam Pink on Writing, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Emily Wells and Sam Pink, Eddie Ahn’s book recommendations, and more.
A Dog’s Life, A Dog’s Book: On George Pelecanos’s “Buster: A Dog”
George Pelecanos is a polymath who understands the Washington D.C. – area more than most authors. He was born in Washington D.C., he currently lives in Silver Springs, and he has fictionalized life in the beltway through scores of crime novels and story collections. Pelecanos’s creations are stark, also witnessed through his work as a TV writer and producer. His credits in this space include The Wire, about illegal drug trade and institutional corruption, The Deuce, about New York’s sex trade in the 1970s, and We Own This City, about police corruption.
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting Gastr del Sol, Non-Tragic “King Lear”s, Joe Koch’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: the history of Gastr del Sol, previewing Joe Koch’s next book, and more.
VCO: Chapter 21
Chapter 21
“What are we offering?” Everhet asks.
Cryptic as usual, I ask for clarification. And he responds with the same question.
“What are we offering?”
So I go with the quick pitch.
Morning Bites: Jennifer Croft on Writing, University Press Recommendations, R. O. Kwon’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Jennifer Croft, new writing by Bud Smith and Dolan Morgan, and more.