Given the amount of time that we spend in online spaces, it’s not surprising that many writers have sought to replicate the experience of social networks, text messaging, and shitposting in their prose. Finding a way to do it without stumbling along the way is a little more of a challenge. (There’s an early-2000s novel by one of my favorite writers where the evocation of texting felt so dissonant it took me out of the narrative.) And while many of us have been online for years or decades, it feels like it’s taken literature a little bit of time to catch up.
Weekend Bites: Michael Chang on Poetry, Dennis Cooper’s Favorites, Kate Zambreno on Hervé Guibert, and More
In our weekend reading: an interview with Michael Chang, Dennis Cooper’s recommendations, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Dennis Cooper Interviewed, Scott Snyder Talks Comics, Jill Bialosky on Writing, and More
In our afternoon reading: interviews with Dennis Cooper and Scott Snyder, a visit to Troubled Sleep, and more.
Weekend Bites: Peng Shepherd’s Latest, Dennis Cooper’s Recommendations, Laddio Bolocko Revisited, and More
In our weekend reading: thoughts on Peng Shepherd’s new novel, thoughts on George Carlin’s legacy, and more.
Morning Bites: Dennis Cooper Interviewed, Alma Katsu on Writing, Fernanda Melchor’s Latest, and More
In our morning reading: a conversation with Dennis Cooper, Alma Katsu and Jackson Bliss on writing, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Isaac Fellman on Vampires, Richard Thomas’s Playlist, Destiny O. Birdsong on Writing, and More
In our afternoon reading: an interview with Isaac Fellman, new writing by Destiny O. Birdsong, and more.
Weekend Bites: Dennis Cooper Interviewed, Inside Europa Editions, Shya Scanlon Nonfiction, and More
In our weekend reading: an interview with Dennis Cooper, new writing from Shya Scanlon, and more.
Currents, an Interview Series with Brian Alan Ellis (Episode 61: Dennis Cooper)
DENNIS COOPER is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor, filmmaker and performance artist who currently spends his time between Los Angeles and Paris. He is known for the George Miles Cycle, a series of five semi-autobiographical novels (Closer, Frisk, Try, Guide, and Period) published between 1989 and 2000, and is the director (with Zac Farley) of Permanent Green Light and Like Cattle Towards Glow. I Wished (Soho Press, 2021) is his first novel in ten years.