In our morning reading: thoughts on Percival Everett’s new novel, an essay by Jason Diamond, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Robert Glück’s Latest, Leslie Jamison’s Memoir, Dean Haspiel on Comics, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on new books by Robert Glück and Leslie Jamison, an interview with Dean Haspiel, and more.
A New Riverside Retreat for NYC Poets Debuts in Partnership with KGB Bar & Lit Club
It’s the cottage where a New York City teacher named Frank McCourt wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela’s Ashes. Since McCourt’s time there in the 1990s, this Milford, Pennsylvania cabin owned by former AMC-TV head and current indie film producer Josh Sapan has served as the periodic retreat – an “accidental art colony” in his words – for creative-minded friends and friends of friends. It has hosted everyone from national book award winner Colum McCann, who worked on his acclaimed international bestseller Apeirogon there, to a bevy of poets, painters, photographers and composers.
Morning Bites: Andrew Gallix’s Latest, Leslie Jamison on Memoirs, Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s Playlist, and More
In our morning reading: thoughts on Andrew Gallix’s new book, an interview with Leslie Jamison, and more.
Sunday Stories: “PCS Season”
PCS Season
by Ilana Garon
I moved to Clarksville, Tennessee from New York City in July 2017, just six months into the Trump presidency. My soon-to-be husband Tim, an Army Major, had been assigned to the 101st Airborne Division of Band of Brothers-fame, now stationed out of Fort Campbell—a sprawling, industrial-looking 50,000-person garrison made up of old bunkers and concrete administrative buildings that straddles the state line between Tennessee and Kentucky.
Afternoon Bites: Kate Folk’s Fiction, Vinson Cunningham on Food, Cristina Henríquez’s Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: fiction by Kate Folk, revisiting a great Pulp album, and more.
Books of the Month: March 2024
It’s March, and the pollen has returned. It’s an interesting month for books — though to be fair, it’s a rare month that isn’t interesting in some way — with everything from experimental horror to incisive takes on pop culture hitting the “new releases” table. What are we most excited about? Read on and find out, gentle reader.
Morning Bites: Rachel Lyon on Writing, Tananarive Due on Horror, Michele Mari’s Fiction, and More
In our morning reading: interviews with Rachel Lyon and Rita Bullwinkel, Tananarive Due on horror, and more.