In our morning reading: interviews with Eve L. Ewing and Omar El Akkad, notable March debut books, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Toni Morrison on Stage, Gabino Igieslas on Crime Fiction, Frog Eyes’ Latest, and More
In our afternoon reading: Toni Morrison’s foray into playwriting, an interview with Rebe Huntman, and more.
“I Have a Feeling I’m About to Lose:” At Autre Ne Veut’s Album Release Party the Night After the Election
“I Have a Feeling I’m About to Lose:” At Autre Ne Veut’s Album Release Party the Night After the Election
by Dujie Tahat
Insinuate the red light through the long dark hallway into Brooklyn’s Public Record. I’m guided by the glow from outside, under the extended covered walkway, through the doors, and down the stairs, into a dimly-lit high-fidelity darkroom stage small enough that any band makes it seem crowded. The air is warm, uncanny. Atmosphere heavy. It’s the night after The Election, and I’ve been brought to a concert, an album release party for Autre Ne Veut’s latest, Love, Guess Who??
Morning Bites: César Aira Fiction, Jeremy Gordon’s Novel, Kinski’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: new writing from César Aira, thoughts on books by Boum and Jeremy Gordon, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Revisiting Dub Syndicate, “1984” Video Games, Bailey Gaylin Moore’s Playlist, and More
In our afternoon reading: revisiting the music of Dub Syndicate, a George Orwell video game, and more.
Ursula Villarreal-Moura On Reckoning With Art and Ethics in “Like Happiness”
The work of Ursula Villarreal-Moura abounds with appealing qualities, from formal innovation to a penchant for reckoning with big ethical questions. Her debut novel Like Happiness tells the story of Tatum, a young woman who forms a connection with a writer she’s long admired — and later comes to question certain things she’d long taken for granted about that relationship. I talked with Villarreal-Moura about the genesis of that novel, writing about feeling at home, and finding the right structure to tell this story.
Morning Bites: Juliet Escoria Fiction, Elon Green’s Latest, Eric LaRocca on Horror, and More
In our morning reading: new fiction by Juliet Escoria, thoughts on Kurt Baumeister’s new novel, and more.
Sunday Stories: “Pesto”
Pesto
by Selen Ozturk
I’m mashing garlic, lemon, pine nuts, salt, pepper, parmesan, olive oil and basil because my husband is going toothless and this is something he can eat, earthy paste. And the backyard is a cramped lot tufted here and there with basil, and weeds in the years since he stopped remembering to water. My husband is not only losing his teeth but his memory, but he can gum at pesto.