New writing from Emma Straub and Scott Cheshire, an interview with Megan Stielstra, a story from Nina McConigley, musicians talk stagediving, and more.
Edan Lepucki on her admiration for the work of Margaret Atwood, Emma Straub on writing a novel, Futurism and noise-punk, A.N. Devers on John Cheever, Nina McConigley reads from her novel, Adam Kirsch on Brian Morton, and more.
In our morning reading: new essays from Emily St. John Mandel and Emma Straub, a walk through DC punk history, Laina Dawes on this year’s Afropunk Festival, Zachary Lipez on Michael Gira, and more.
Teju Cole revisits a James Baldwin essay, new writing from Juliet Escoria, David Connerley Nahm’s novel is reviewed, the last days of The Birthday Party, and more.
Michel Gondry on the influence of Boris Vian, an interview with Emma Straub, a look at Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, new music from David Kilgour and Dark Blue, and more.
Revisiting Twin Peaks, Emma Straub on fictional vacations, Sarah Gerard on veganism and radical politics, Sufjan Stevens and Arthur Russell, The Dissolve on James Franco’s Child of God adaptation, and more.
Given that they’re responsible for some of the best baked goods one of our editors has eaten in recent years–seriously, their blue cheese and pecan scones are life-changing–we’re really happy to hear that Brooklyn’s Ovenly has a cookbook due out this fall. Structured as a taste test, the book’s trailer also features a cameo by Emma Straub, which is excellent. You can watch the trailer at this link, or below.
I finished Tiphanie Yanique’s Land of Love and Drowning earlier this week. It’s a fantastic novel, one that spans years and does interesting things with what is, on the surface, a familiar-looking kind of narrative: the one that follows a small group of characters over a span of decades, and finds them walking through a shifting society. And, yes, Yanique’s novel is set in the Virgin Islands, and yes, it does (mostly) follow two sisters as they witness and take part […]