In our afternoon reading: responding to the work of Roland Barthes, great Steve Albini-related albums, and more.
VCO: Chapter 19
Chapter 19
The cabin was no bigger than a two-bedroom cube from the outside.
Morgen knocked on the door, cleared her throat, and the door opened itself.
Once inside I started feeling ill. The interior of the cabin extended many directions much farther than the exterior led on. From the outside it looked like a shack, but we were inside a mansion with multiple levels.
Morning Bites: Remembering Steve Albini, Ángel Bonomini’s Fiction, Broadcast’s Demos, and More
In our morning reading: a remembrance of Steve Albini, news of a new Brooklyn bookstore, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Rita Bullwinkel’s Novel, Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements, Peter Schjeldahl on Art, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on novels by Rita Bullwinkel and Nicholas Rombes, a playlist by Charlie Huston, and more.
Diary as Workbench as Archive as Net
Diary as Workbench as Archive as Net
by Stephanie Sauer
On Taking Note
There is a diary, which is to say a daily, in which I take note of the goings on in my work. Did I write today? How did it come? Did the words hide away? Did I edit? Was I surprised? Did I discover something new? Did this catalyze delight? Did an ending weave itself in a way I wasn’t expecting? Did I trudge through the hours unrewarded? Did the thing I tried fall flat upon the page? Did it crawl into the waste bin and evaporate? Did I give up early and go for a walk? Did the walk unearth something buried? Did I return to the work afterward?
Morning Bites: Interviewing Ellen van Neerven, Leif Enger’s Latest, Peter Milligan’s Comics, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Ellen van Neerven and Anna Dorn, a literary controversy in Denver, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Adapting “The Chronology of Water,” Mona Awad on Montreal, Writing in Books, and More
In our afternoon reading: adapting Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir, Mona Award shared Montreal recommendations, and more.
Books of the Month: May 2024
It’s a few days into a new month, and you can probably tell what’s next: we have some May books we’d like to recommend. Stylistically, they cover a lot of terrain; you’ll find everything from experimental short fiction to haunting meditations of contemporary politics here. Read on for some suggestions for the weeks to come.