Bites: Mike Birbiglia in a Window, “Barney’s Version,” Justin Taylor Talks Porn and the End of the World

The Guardian talks about the book version of Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler. Over at the Rumpus, Royal Young talks to Justin Taylor abut internet porn and the Mayan calendar being the end of the world. Three Guys One Book discuss Adam Ross. Mike Birbiglia will be living in the Herald Square Macy’s window for the next week.  File this under “Only in New York.”

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Indexing: Adam Ross, Emily St. John Mandel, the Ace Hotel, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, and so much more!

Our weekly series where Vol. 1 editors talk about what they’re reading, listening to and watching. Juliet Linderman I was lucky enough to scam a galley of Justin Taylor’s forthcoming book and first novel The Gospel of Anarchy a few weeks ago after our Vol. 1 November reading, and I read it in a flash. Yeah yeah yeah, Justin Taylor is a good friend of Vol. 1, but even if he wasn’t I’d still have to say: Damn. Dude can […]

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