Interviews with Colson Whitehead, Meredith Monk, and Adam Wilson, a review of John Waters’s new book, Viv Albertine discusses her memoir, footage of Jawbreaker in 1995, and more.
Talking with Christian Fennesz, a playlist from Courtney Elizabeth Mauk, when bad films are nonetheless moving, Colson Whitehead’s latest reviewed, and more.
Maud Newton on the latest from Colson Whitehead, interviews with Norman Lock, Julia Fierro, and James McBride, thoughts on Sophie Calle’s latest work, photos of North Brother Island, and more.
Colson Whitehead talks books, Cari Luna interviews Julia Fierro, a look at NYC’s libraries, Jeff VanderMeer annotates Authority, and more.
An excerpt from Colson Whitehead’s new book, notes on Stefan Zweig, an interview with Adam Wilson, a history of Chickfactor, and more for your weekend reading.
In news of art with a literary connection, it’s worth noting The Shadows Took Shape, currently up at the Studio Museum in Harlem. If you haven’t read it already, Chase Quinn makes the case for why you should check this out at Hyperallergic. Alternately: do you like the idea of art that takes an aesthetic cue from the likes of Sun Ra, Octavia E. Butler, and Samuel R. Delany? Then this is an exhibit to which you should pay a […]
Posted by Tobias Carroll This is the first of two lists of the books I read this year that I most enjoyed. This one focuses on books released this year; the other will focus around books that I encountered for the first time in 2011 that first entered the world in preceding years. [fragments] Dana Spiotta’s Stone Arabia is an intentionally messy book with shifting and sometimes overlapping narrators and a sense of history, both familial and musical, looming in […]
“While we are beyond delighted at the success of Go the Fuck to Sleep, my life and life at Akashic has not changed that much…” MobyLives checks in with Akashic’s Johnny Temple. Thomas Ross looks at Floyd Skloot’s short story collection Cream of Kohlrabi: “The standouts, which are immersive and emotionally gripping, are that way because Skloot writes such terribly honest characters. It’s striking how warmly and humanely Skloot writes about loss.” At Sound of the City, Nick Murray reports on last night’s […]