Afternoon Bites: Lunch at the NYPL, Cats With Money, Charles Portis, and more

Pegged to an exhibition on lunch (!) that’s opening at the New York Public Library on Friday, there’s a brief history of the Automat over at the NYT. “Congratulations, your generation is the first generation in history to rebel by unsticking it to the man and instead sticking it to the weirdo freak musicians! I am genuinely stunned by this. Since you appear to love first generation Indie Rock, and as a founding member of a first generation Indie Rock […]

Continue Reading

How Samuel Beckett Rolls

New issue of Bookforum is great.  One of the better reviews of Emily Gould’s book I’ve read;  Van Gogh, Adam Thirlwell, Seymour Krim and Nathanael West  make appearances. I gotta admit that I was sold on the cover of  Mr. Samuel Beckett pimpin’ it in the sunshine.

Continue Reading